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4.5.4 Input/Output Formats

The following table describes CA-written input and output
formats.

INFORMAT NAME    ABSTRACT

MAKB             This informat reads positive integer binary
                 data representing bytes and converts the
                 value into kilobytes through division by
                 1024.  The input length must be four.

MAKBRB           This informat reads real binary (floating
                 point) data representing bytes and converts
                 the value into kilobytes through division by
                 1024.  The input length must be four.

MAMSEC           This informat is used to convert z/OS clock
                 values to seconds.  The entire 8 byte clock
                 value is divided by 4,096,000,000. The low
                 order byte is dropped so that the value can
                 be moved into a doubleword for
                 normalization. This effects a division by
                 256.  The normalized value is then divided
                 by 16,000,000.
                 (256*16,000,000=4,096,000,000).  After
                 conversion to seconds, scaling is performed
                 if required.

MAPCT            The MAPCT format takes a number and formats
                 it with two decimal places and adds a
                 percent sign on the end.  For example if you
                 have two numbers 99 and .5, the result after
                 using the MAPCT. format would be 99.00 % and
                 0.50 % respectively.

See the individual component guides for information on
INFORMATs and FORMATs delivered by a specific component.