Informats Syntax Listed by Product

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Name
Syntax and Description
ANYDTDTE w.
Reads and extracts the date value from various date, time, and datetime forms.
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ANYDTDTMw.
Reads and extracts datetime values from various date, time, and datetime forms.
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ANYDTTMEw.
Reads and extracts time values from various date, time, and datetime forms.
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$ASCII w.
Converts ASCII character data to native format.
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B8601CI w.d
Reads an IBM date and time value that includes a century marker, in the form cyymmddhhmmss<fff>.
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B8601DA w.
Reads date values that are specified using the ISO 8601 base notation yyyymmdd.
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B8601DJ w.d
Reads a Java date and time value that is in the form yyyymmddhhmmss<ffffff>.
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B8601DN w.
Reads date values that are specified using the ISO 8601 basic notation yyyymmdd and returns SAS datetime values where the time portion of the value is 000000.
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B8601DT w.d
Reads datetime values that are specified using the ISO 8601 basic notation yyyymmddThhmmss<ffffff>.
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B8601DZ w.d
Reads Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) datetime values that are specified using the ISO 8601 datetime basic notation yyyymmddThhmmss+|-hhmm or yyyymmddThhmmss<ffffff>Z.
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B8601TM w.d
Reads time values that are specified using the ISO 8601 basic notation hhmmss<ffffff>.
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B8601TZ w.d
Reads time values that are specified using the ISO 8601 basic time notation hhmmss<ffff>+|-hhmm or hhmmss<ffffff>Z.
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$BASE64Xw.
Converts ASCII text into character data by using Base 64 encoding.
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$BINARY w.
Converts binary data to character data.
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BINARY w.d
Converts positive binary values to integers.
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BITS w.d
Extracts bits.
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BZ w.d
Converts blanks to 0s.
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$CB w.
Reads standard character data from column-binary files.
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CB w.d
Reads standard numeric values from column-binary files.
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$CHAR w.
Reads character data with blanks.
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$CHARZB w.
Converts binary 0s to blanks.
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COMMA w.d
Removes embedded characters.
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COMMAX w.d
Removes embedded periods, blanks, dollar signs, percent signs, dashes, and closing parenthesis from the input data. An open parenthesis at the beginning of a field is converted to a minus sign. The COMMAX informat reverses the roles of the decimal point and the comma.
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$CPTDW w.
Reads a character string that is in Hebrew DOS (cp862) encoding, and then converts the character string to Windows (cp1255) encoding.
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$CPTWD w.
Reads a character string that is in Windows (cp1255) encoding, and then converts the character string to Hebrew DOS (cp862) encoding.
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DATETIME w.
Reads datetime values in the form ddmmmyy hh:mm:ss.ss or ddmmmyyyy hh:mm:ss.ss.
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DATE w.
Reads date values in the form ddmmmyy or ddmmmyyyy.
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DDMMYY w.
Reads date values in the form ddmmyy<yy> or dd-mm-yy<yy>, where a special character, such as a hyphen (-), period (.), or slash (/), separates the day, month, and year; the year can be either 2 or 4 digits.
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E8601DA w.
Reads date values that are specified using the ISO 8601 extended notation yyyy-mm-dd.
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E8601DN w.
Reads date values that are specified using the ISO 8601 extended notation yyyy-mm-dd and returns SAS datetime values where the time portion of the value is 000000.
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E8601DT w.d
Reads datetime values that are specified using the ISO 8601 extended notation yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.<ffffff>.
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E8601DZ w.d
Reads Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) datetime values that are specified using the ISO 8601 datetime extended notation yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss+|-hh:mm.<fffff> or yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.<fffff>Z.
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E8601LZ w.d
Reads Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) values that are specified using the ISO 8601 extended notation hh:mm:ss+|-hh:mm.<fffff> or hh:mm:ss.<fffff>Z and converts the values to the local time.
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E8601TM w.d
Reads time values that are specified using the ISO 8601 extended notation hh:mm:ss.<ffffff>.
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E8601TZ w.d
Reads time values that are specified using the ISO 8601 extended time notation hh:mm:ss+|-hh:mm.<ffffff> or hh:mm:ssZ.
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$EBCDIC w.
Converts EBCDIC character data to native format.
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EURDFDE w.
Reads international date values.
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EURDFDT w.
Reads international datetime values in the form ddmmmyy hh:mm:ss.ss or ddmmmyyyy hh:mm:ss.ss.
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EURDFMY w.
Reads month and year date values in the form mmmyy or mmmyyyy.
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EURO w.d
Reads numeric values, removes embedded characters in European currency, and reverses the comma and decimal point.
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EUROX w.d
Reads numeric values and removes embedded characters in European currency.
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Reads numeric values that are stored in scientific notation.
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E w.d
Reads numeric values that are stored in scientific notation and double-precision scientific notation.
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FLOAT w.d
Reads a native single-precision, floating-point value and divides it by 10 raised to the th power.
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Converts hexadecimal positive binary values to either fixed-point or floating-point binary values.
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Converts hexadecimal data to character data.
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HEXw.
Converts hexadecimal positive binary values to fixed-point or floating-point binary values.
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$HEXw.
Converts hexadecimal data to character data.
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Converts hexadecimal character values to integer binary (fixed-point) or real binary (floating-point) values.
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$HEX w.
Converts hexadecimal data to character data.
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HEX w.
Converts hexadecimal positive binary values to either integer (fixed-point) or real (floating-point) binary values.
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HHMMSS w.
Reads hours, minutes, and seconds in the form hh:mm:ss or hhmmss.
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IBR w.d
Reads integer binary (fixed-point) values in Intel and DEC formats.
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IBw.d
Reads integer binary (fixed-point) values.
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Reads integer binary (fixed-point) values.
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Reads integer binary (fixed-point) values.
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IB w.d
Reads native integer binary (fixed-point) values, including negative values.
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IEEE w.d
Reads an IEEE floating-point value and divides it by 10 raised to the th power.
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JULIAN w.
Reads Julian dates in the form yyddd or yyyyddd.
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$KANJI w.
Removes shift code data from DBCS data.
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$KANJIX w.
Adds shift-code data to DBCS data.
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$LOGVSR w.
Reads a character string that is in right-to-left logical order, and then converts the character string to visual order.
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$LOGVS w.
Reads a character string that is in left-to-right logical order, and then converts the character string to visual order.
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MDYAMPM w.d
Reads datetime values in the form mm-dd-yy<yy> hh:mm:ss.ss AM|PM, where a special character such as a hyphen (-), period (.), slash (/), or colon (:) separates the month, day, and year; the year can be either 2 or 4 digits.
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MINGUO w.
Reads dates in Taiwanese format.
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MMDDYY w.
Reads date values in the form mmddyy or mmddyyyy.
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MONYY w.
Reads month and year date values in the form mmmyy or mmmyyyy.
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MSEC w.
Reads TIME MIC values.
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$N8601B w.d
Reads complete, truncated, and omitted forms of ISO 8601 duration, datetime, and interval values that are specified in either the basic or extended notations.
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$N8601E w.d
Reads ISO 8601 duration, datetime, and interval values that are specified in the extended notation.
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NENGO w.
Reads Japanese date values in the form eyymmdd.
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NLDATE w.
Reads the date value in the specified locale, and then converts the date value to the local SAS date value.
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NLDATM w.
Reads the datetime value of the specified locale, and then converts the datetime value to the local SAS datetime value.
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NLMNIAED w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for the United Arab Emirates.
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NLMNIAUD w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Australia.
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NLMNIBGN w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Bulgaria.
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NLMNIBRL w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Brazil.
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NLMNICAD w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Canada.
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NLMNICHF w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Liechtenstein and Switzerland.
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NLMNICNY w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for China.
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NLMNICZK w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for the Czech Republic.
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NLMNIDKK w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Denmark, Faroe Island, and Greenland.
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NLMNIEEK w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Estonia.
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NLMNIEGP w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Egypt.
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NLMNIEUR w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, and Spain.
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NLMNIGBP w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for the United Kingdom.
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NLMNIHKD w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Hong Kong.
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NLMNIHRK w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Croatia.
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NLMNIHUF w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Hungary.
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NLMNIIDR w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Indonesia.
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NLMNIILS w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Israel.
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NLMNIINR w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for India.
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NLMNIJPY w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Japan.
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NLMNIKRW w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for South Korea.
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NLMNILTL w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Lithuania.
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NLMNILVL w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Latvia.
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NLMNIMOP w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Macau.
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NLMNIMXN w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Mexico.
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NLMNIMYR w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Malaysia.
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NLMNINOK w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Norway.
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NLMNINZD w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for New Zealand.
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NLMNIPLN w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Poland.
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NLMNIRUB w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Russia.
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NLMNISEK w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Sweden.
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NLMNISGD w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Singapore.
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NLMNITHB w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Thailand.
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NLMNITRY w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Turkey.
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NLMNITWD w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Taiwan.
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NLMNIUSD w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Puerto Rico and the United States.
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NLMNIZAR w.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for South Africa.
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NLMNLAED w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for the United Arab Emirates.
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NLMNLAUD w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Australia.
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NLMNLBGN w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Bulgaria.
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NLMNLBRL w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Brazil.
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NLMNLCAD w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Canada.
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NLMNLCHF w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Liechtenstein and Switzerland.
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NLMNLCNY w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for China.
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NLMNLCZK w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for the Czech Republic.
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NLMNLDKK w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Denmark, the Faroe Island, and Greenland.
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NLMNLEEK w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Estonia.
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NLMNLEGP w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Egypt.
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NLMNLEUR w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, and Spain.
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NLMNLGBP w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for the United Kingdom.
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NLMNLHKD w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Hong Kong.
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NLMNLHRK w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Croatia.
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NLMNLHUF w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Hungary.
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NLMNLIDR w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Indonesia.
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NLMNLILS w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Israel.
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NLMNLINR w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for India.
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NLMNLJPY w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Japan.
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NLMNLKRW w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for South Korea.
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NLMNLLTL w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Lithuania.
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NLMNLLVL w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Latvia.
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NLMNLMOP w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Macau.
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NLMNLMXN w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Mexico.
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NLMNLMYR w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Malaysia.
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NLMNLNOK w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Norway.
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NLMNLNZD w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for New Zealand.
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NLMNLPLN w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Poland.
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NLMNLRUB w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Russia.
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NLMNLSEK w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Sweden.
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NLMNLSGD w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Singapore.
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NLMNLTHB w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Thailand.
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NLMNLTRY w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Turkey.
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NLMNLTWD w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Taiwan.
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NLMNLUSD w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Puerto Rico, and the United States.
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NLMNLZAR w.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for South Africa.
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NLMNYI w.d
Reads monetary data in the specified locale for the international expression, and then converts the data to a numeric value.
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NLMNY w.d
Reads monetary data in the specified locale for the local expression, and then converts the data to a numeric value.
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NLNUMI w.d
Reads numeric data in the specified locale for international expressions, and then converts the data to a numeric value.
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NLNUM w.d
Reads numeric data in the specified locale for local expressions, and then converts the data to a numeric value.
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NLPCTI w.d
Reads percentage data in the specified locale for international expressions, and then converts the data to a numeric value.
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NLPCT w.d
Reads percentage data in the specified locale for local expressions, and then converts the data to a numeric value.
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NLTIMAP w.
Reads the time value and uses a.m. and p.m. in the specified locale, and then converts the time value to the local SAS time value.
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NLTIME w.
Reads the time value in the specified locale, and then converts the time value to the local SAS time value.
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NUMX w.d
Reads numeric values with a comma in place of the decimal point.
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$OCTAL w.
Converts octal data to character data.
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OCTAL w.d
Converts positive octal values to integers.
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PDJULG w.
Reads packed Julian date values in the hexadecimal form F for IBM.
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PDJULI w.
Reads packed Julian dates in the hexadecimal format F for IBM.
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PDTIME w.
Reads packed decimal time of SMF and RMF records.
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PDw.d
Reads packed decimal data.
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Reads data that is stored in packed decimal format.
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Reads IBM packed decimal data.
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PD w.d
Reads data that are stored in IBM packed decimal format.
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PERCENT w.d
Reads percentages as numeric values.
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$PHEX w.
Converts packed hexadecimal data to character data.
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PIBR w.d
Reads positive integer binary (fixed-point) values in Intel and DEC formats.
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Reads positive integer binary (fixed-point) values.
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PIBw.d
Reads positive integer-binary (fixed-point) values.
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PIB w.d
Reads positive integer binary (fixed-point) values.
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PK w.d
Reads unsigned packed decimal data.
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PUNCH.d
Reads whether a row of column-binary data is punched.
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$QUOTE w.
Removes matching quotation marks from character data.
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Reads numeric data that is stored in real binary (floating-point) notation.
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RBw.d
Reads real-binary (floating-point) data.
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Reads real binary (floating-point) data.
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RB w.d
Reads numeric data that are stored in real binary (floating-point) notation.
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$REVERJ w.
Reads character data from right to left and preserves blanks.
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$REVERS w.
Reads character data from right to left, and then left aligns the text.
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RMFDUR w.
Reads duration intervals of RMF records.
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RMFSTAMP w.
Reads time and date fields of RMF records.
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ROW w.d
Reads a column-binary field down a card column.
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S370FF w.d
Reads EBCDIC numeric data.
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S370FIBU w.d
Reads unsigned integer binary (fixed-point) values in IBM mainframe format.
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S370FIB w.d
Reads integer binary (fixed-point) values, including negative values, in IBM mainframe format.
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S370FPDU w.d
Reads unsigned packed decimal data in IBM mainframe format.
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S370FPD w.d
Reads packed data in IBM mainframe format.
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S370FPIB w.d
Reads positive integer binary (fixed-point) values in IBM mainframe format.
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S370FRB w.d
Reads real binary (floating-point) data in IBM mainframe format.
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S370FZBD w.d
Reads zoned decimal data in which zeros have been left blank.
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S370FZDL w.d
Reads zoned decimal leading-sign data in IBM mainframe format.
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S370FZDS w.d
Reads zoned decimal separate leading-sign data in IBM mainframe format.
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S370FZDT w.d
Reads zoned decimal separate trailing-sign data in IBM mainframe format.
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S370FZDU w.d
Reads unsigned zoned decimal data in IBM mainframe format.
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S370FZD w.d
Reads zoned decimal data in IBM mainframe format.
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SHRSTAMP w.
Reads date and time values of SHR records.
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SMFSTAMP w.
Reads time and date values of SMF records.
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STIMER w.
Reads time values and determines whether the values are hours, minutes, or seconds; reads the output of the STIMER system option.
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TIME w.
Reads hours, minutes, and seconds in the form hh:mm:ss.ss, where special characters such as the colon (:) or the period (.) are used to separate the hours, minutes, and seconds.
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TODSTAMP w.
Reads an eight-byte time-of-day stamp.
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TRAILSGN w.
Reads a trailing plus (+) or minus (–) sign.
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TU w.
Reads timer units.
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$UCS2BE w.
Reads a character string that is in the encoding of the current SAS session and then converts the character string to big-endian, 16-bit, UCS2, Unicode encoding.
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$UCS2B w.
Reads a character string that is encoded in big-endian, 16-bit, UCS2, Unicode encoding, and then converts the character string to the encoding of the current SAS session.
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$UCS2LE w.
Reads a character string that is in the encoding of the current SAS session and then converts the character string to little-endian, 16-bit, UCS2, Unicode encoding.
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$UCS2L w.
Reads a character string that is encoded in little-endian, 16-bit, UCS2, Unicode encoding, and then converts the character string to the encoding of the current SAS session.
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$UCS2XE w.
Reads a character string that is in the encoding of the current SAS session and then converts the character string to 16-bit, UCS2, Unicode encoding.
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$UCS2X w.
Reads a character string that is encoded in 16-bit, UCS2, Unicode encoding, and then converts the character string to the encoding of the current SAS session.
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$UCS4B w.
Reads a character string that is encoded in big-endian, 32-bit, UCS4, Unicode encoding, and then converts the character string to the encoding of the current SAS session.
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$UCS4L w.
Reads a character string that is encoded in little-endian, 32-bit, UCS4, Unicode encoding, and then converts the character string to the encoding of the current SAS session.
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$UCS4XE w.
Reads a character string that is in the encoding of the current SAS session, and then converts the character string to 32-bit, UCS4, Unicode encoding.
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$UCS4X w.
Reads a character string that is encoded in 32-bit, UCS4, Unicode encoding, and then converts the character string to the encoding of the current SAS session.
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$UESCE w.
Reads a character string that is in the encoding of the current SAS session, and then converts the character string to UESC representation.
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$UESC w.
Reads a character string that is encoded in UESC representation, and then converts the character string to the encoding of the current SAS session.
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$UNCRE w.
Reads a character string in the encoding of the current SAS session, and then converts the character string to NCR.
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$UNCR w.
Reads an NCR character string, and then converts the character string to the encoding of the current SAS session.
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$UPARENE w.
Reads a character string that is in the encoding of the current SAS session, and then converts the character string to UPAREN representation.
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$UPARENP w.
Reads a character string that is encoded in UPAREN representation, and then converts the character string to the encoding of the current SAS session, with national characters remaining in the encoding of the UPAREN representation.
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$UPAREN w.
Reads a character string that is encoded in UPAREN representation, and then converts the character string to the encoding of the current SAS session.
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$UPCASE w.
Converts character data to uppercase.
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$UTF8X w.
Reads a character string that is encoded in UTF-8, and then converts the character string to the encoding of the current SAS session.
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$VARYING w. length-variable
Reads character data of varying length.
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VAXRB w.d
Reads real binary (floating-point) data in VMS format.
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VMSZNw.d
Reads VMS and MicroFocus COBOL zoned numeric data.
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$VSLOGR w.
Reads a character string that is in visual order, and then converts the character string to right-to-left logical order.
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$VSLOG w.
Reads a character string that is in visual order, and then converts the character string to left-to-right logical order.
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$ w.
Reads standard character data.
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w.d
Reads standard numeric data.
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WEEKU w.
Reads a value in the form of a week-number within the year and returns a SAS date value by using the U algorithm.
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WEEKV w.
Reads a value in the form a week-number within a year and returns a SAS date value using the V algorithm.
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WEEKW w.
Reads a value in the form of a week-number within the year and returns a SAS date value using the W algorithm.
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YEN w.d
Removes embedded yen signs, commas, and decimal points.
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YMDDTTM w.d
Reads datetime values in the form <yy>yy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.ss, where special characters such as a hyphen (-), period (.), slash (/), or colon (:) are used to separate the year, month, day, hour, minute, and seconds; the year can be either 2 or 4 digits.
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YYMMDD w.
Reads date values in the form yymmdd or yyyymmdd.
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YYMMN w.
Reads date values in the form yyyymm or yymm.
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YYQ w.
Reads quarters of the year in the form yyQq or yyyyQq.
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Reads zoned decimal data in which zeros have been left blank.
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ZDB w.d
Reads zoned decimal data in which zeros have been left blank.
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ZDV w.d
Reads and validates zoned decimal data.
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Reads zoned decimal data.
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ZDw.d
Reads zoned decimal data.
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Reads zoned-decimal data.
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ZD w.d
Reads zoned decimal data.
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