OUTREP= Data Set Option

Specifies the data representation for the output SAS data set.

Valid in:	DATA step and PROC steps
Category:	Data Set Control
See:	OUTREP= data set option in the SAS Companion for z/OS.

Syntax

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Syntax

OUTREP=format

Syntax Description

format

specifies the data representation, which is the form in which data is stored in a particular operating environment. Different operating environments use different standards or conventions for storing floating-point numbers (for example, IEEE or IBM mainframe); for character encoding (ASCII or EBCDIC); for the ordering of bytes in memory (big Endian or little Endian); for word alignment (4-byte boundaries or 8-byte boundaries); for integer data-type length (16-bit, 32-bit, or 64-bit); and for doubles (byte-swapped or not).

By default, SAS creates a new SAS data set by using the data representation of the CPU that is running SAS. Specifying the OUTREP= option enables you to create a SAS data set with a different data representation. For example, in a UNIX environment, you can create a SAS data set that uses a Windows data representation. For more information about compatibility and data representation, see Processing Data Using Cross-Environment Data Access (CEDA) in SAS Language Reference: Concepts.

Values for OUTREP= are listed in the following table:

Data Representation Values for OUTREP= Option
OUTREP= Value	Alias1	Environment
ALPHA_TRU64	ALPHA_OSF	Tru64 UNIX
ALPHA_VMS_32	ALPHA_VMS	OpenVMS Alpha
ALPHA_VMS_64		OpenVMS Alpha
HP_IA64	HP_ITANIUM	HP-UX for the Itanium Processor Family Architecture
HP_UX_32	HP_UX	HP-UX for PA-RISC
HP_UX_64		HP-UX for PA-RISC, 64-bit
INTEL_ABI		ABI for Intel architecture
LINUX_32	LINUX	Linux for Intel architecture
LINUX_IA64		Linux for Itanium-based systems
LINUX_X86_64		Linux for x64
MIPS_ABI		MIPS ABI
MVS_32	MVS	31-bit SAS on z/OS
MVS_64_BFP		64-bit SAS on z/OS
OS2		OS/2 on Intel
RS_6000_AIX_32	RS_6000_AIX	AIX
RS_6000_AIX_64		AIX
SOLARIS_32	SOLARIS	Solaris for SPARC
SOLARIS_64		Solaris for SPARC
SOLARIS_X86_64		Solaris for x64
VAX_VMS		OpenVMS VAX
VMS_IA64		OpenVMS on HP Integrity
WINDOWS_32	WINDOWS	32-bit SAS on Microsoft Windows
WINDOWS_64		64-bit SAS on Microsoft Windows (for both Itanium-based systems and x64)
1It is recommended that you use the current values. The aliases are available for compatibility only.

Details

CAUTION:

Transcoding could result in character data loss when encodings are incompatible.

For information about encoding and transcoding, see the SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide.

OUTREP= Data Set Option

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