All numeric values are stored in SAS data sets and are maintained internally in floating-point (real binary) representation. Floating-point representation is an implementation of what is generally ...

Floating point processors primarily represent numbers in floating point format, although they can also support integer representation and calculations. Floating point format implements numerical value ...

Floating-point numbers that have negative exponents are represented with characteristics that are less than 40 (base 16). When you subtract 40 from a number that is less than 40, the difference is a ...