Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!UMINN1!CSQUIRES From: CSQUIRES@UMINN1.BITNET (Curt Squires) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.sas-l Subject: PL/I FLOAT(6) format Message-ID: Date: 5 Feb 90 21:22:00 GMT Sender: "SAS(r) Discussion" Reply-To: Curt Squires Lines: 8 Approved: NETNEWS@PSUVM Gateway I'm reading a data file that was created with PL/I. My info gives one of the fields as 4 columns and defined by the PL/I format FLOAT(6). The values seem to input correctly with the SAS RB4. informat, but how many significant digits do I have? (i.e. is FLOAT(6) 6 digits or 5 digits and a decimal point?) Thank you.. --------------------------------------------------------------- University of Minnesota Internet: CSquires@vm1.spcs.umn.edu St. Paul Computing Services BITNET: CSquires@UMINN1