To read a nonstandard data, we must use an informat
The general form of an informat is
<$>INFORMAT-NAME<w>.<d>
The commonly used Informats are
MMDDYYw.- Reads date in the form 12/19/2011
DATEw. - Reads date in the form 19DEC2011
COMMAw. - It reads numeric data($5,55) and strips out selected nonnumeric characters, such as dollar sign and commas.
The general form of an informat is
<$>INFORMAT-NAME<w>.<d>
The commonly used Informats are
MMDDYYw.- Reads date in the form 12/19/2011
DATEw. - Reads date in the form 19DEC2011
COMMAw. - It reads numeric data($5,55) and strips out selected nonnumeric characters, such as dollar sign and commas.
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