SAS(R) 9.2 Language Reference: Dictionary

Product	Release
Base SAS	9.2

Formats

Formats Documented in Other SAS Publications

The main references for SAS formats are SAS Language Reference: Dictionary and the SAS National Language Support (NLS): User's Guide. See the documentation for your operating environment for host-specific information about formats.

SAS National Language Support (NLS): User's Guide

Summary of NLS Formats by Category
Category	Formats for NLS	Description
BIDI text handling	$BIDIw. Format	Converts between a logically-ordered string and a visually-ordered string, by reversing the order of Hebrew characters while preserving the order of Latin words and numbers.
	$LOGVSw. Format	Processes a character string that is in left-to-right-logical order, and then writes the character string in visual order.
	$LOGVSRw. Format	Processes a character string that is in right-to-left-logical order, and then writes the character string in visual order.
	$VSLOGw. Format	Processes a character string that is in visual order, and then writes the character string in left-to-right logical order.
	$$VSLOGRw. Format	Processes a character string that is in visual order, and then writes the character string in right-to-left logical order.
Character	$UCS2Bw. Format	Processes a character string that is in the encoding of the current SAS session, and then writes the character string in big-endian, 16-bit, UCS2, Unicode encoding.
	$UCS2BEw. Format	Processes a character string that is in big-endian, 16-bit, UCS2, Unicode encoding, and then writes the character string in the encoding of the current SAS session.
	$UCS2Lw. Format	Processes a character string that is in the encoding of the current SAS session, and then writes the character string in little-endian, 16-bit, UCS2, Unicode encoding.
	$UCS2LEw. Format	Processes a character string that is in little-endian, 16-bit, UCS2, Unicode encoding, and then writes the character string in the encoding of the current SAS session.
	$UCS2Xw. Format	Processes a character string that is in the encoding of the current SAS session, and then writes the character string in native-endian, 16-bit, UCS2, Unicode encoding.
	$UCS2XEw. Format	Processes a character string that is in native-endian, 16-bit, UCS2, Unicode encoding, and then writes the character string in the encoding of the current SAS session.
	$UCS4Bw. Format	Processes a character string that is in the encoding of the current SAS session, and then writes the character string in big-endian, 32-bit, UCS4, Unicode encoding.
	$UCS4BEw. Format	Processes a character string that is in big-endian, 32-bit, UCS4, Unicode encoding, and then writes the character string in the encoding of the current SAS session.
	$UCS4Lw. Format	Processes a character string that is in the encoding of the current SAS session, and then writes the character string in little-endian, 32-bit, UCS4, Unicode encoding.
	$UCS4LEw. Format	Processes a character string that is in little-endian, 32-bit, UCS4, Unicode encoding, and then writes the character string in the encoding of the current SAS session.
	$UCS4Xw. Format	Processes a character string that is in the encoding of the current SAS session, and then writes the character string in native-endian, 32-bit, UCS4, Unicode encoding.
	$UCS4XEw. Format	Processes a character string that is in native-endian, 32-bit, UCS4, Unicode encoding, and then writes the character string in the encoding of the current SAS session.
	$UESCw. Format	Processes a character string that is encoded in the current SAS session, and then writes the character string in Unicode escape (UESC) representation.
	$UESCEw. Format	Processes a character string that is in Unicode escape (UESC) representation, and then writes the character string in the encoding of the current SAS session.
	$UNCRw. Format	Processes a character string that is encoded in the current SAS session, and then writes the character string in numeric character representation (NCR).
	$UNCREw. Format	Processes a character string that is in numeric character representation (NCR), and then writes the character string in the encoding of the current SAS session.
	$UPARENw. Format	Processes a character string that is encoded in the current SAS session, and then writes the character string in Unicode parenthesis (UPAREN) representation.
	$UPARENE. Format	Processes a character string that is in Unicode parenthesis (UPAREN), and then writes the character string in the encoding of the current SAS session.
	$UTF8X2. Format	Processes a character string that is in the encoding of the current SAS session, and then writes the character string in universal transformation format (UTF-8) encoding.
Currency Conversion	EURFRATSw.d Format	Converts an amount from Austrian schillings to euros.
	EURFRBEFw.d Format	Converts an amount from Belgian francs to euros.
	EURFRCHFw.d Format	Converts an amount from Swiss francs to euros.
	EURFRCZKw.d Format	Converts an amount from Czech koruny to euros.
	EURFRDEMw.d Format	Converts an amount from Deutsche marks to euros.
	EURFRDKKw.d Format	Converts an amount from Danish kroner to euros.
	EURFRESPw.d Format	Converts an amount from Spanish pesetas to euros.
	EURFRFIMw.d Format	Converts an amount from Finnish markkaa to euros.
	EURFRFRFw.d Format	Converts an amount from French francs to euros.
	EURFRGBPw.d Format	Converts an amount from British pounds to euros.
	EURFRGRDw.d Format	Converts an amount from Greek drachmas to euros.
	EURFRHUFw.d Format	Converts an amount from Hungarian forints to euros.
	EYRFRIEPw,d Firnat	Converts an amount from Irish pounds to euros.
	EURFRITLw.d Format	Converts an amount from Italian lire to euros.
	EURFRLUFw.d Format	Converts an amount from Luxembourg francs to euros.
	EURFRNLGw.d Format	Converts an amount from Dutch guilders to euros.
	EURFRNOKw.d Format	Converts an amount from Norwegian krone to euros.
	EURFRPLZw.d Format	Converts an amount from Polish zlotys to euros.
	EURFRPTEw.d Format	Converts an amount from Portuguese escudos to euros.
	EURFRROLw.d Format	Converts an amount from Romanian lei to euros.
	EURFRRURw.d Format	Converts an amount from Russian rubles to euros.
	EYRFRSEKw.d Format	Converts an amount from Swedish kronor to euros.
	EURFRSITw.d Format	Converts an amount from Slovenian tolars to euros.
	EURFRTRLw.d Format	Converts an amount from Turkish liras to euros.
	EURFRYUDw.d Format	Converts an amount from Yugoslavian dinars to euros.
	EURTOATSw.d Format	Converts an amount from euros to Austrian schillings.
	EURTOBEFw.d Format	Converts an amount from euros to Belgian francs.
	EURTOCHFw.d Format	Converts an amount from euros to Swiss francs.
	EURTOCZKw.d Format	Converts an amount from euros to Czech koruny.
	EURTODEMw.d Format	Converts an amount from euros to Deutsche marks.
	EURTODKKw.d Format	Converts an amount from euros to Danish kroner.
	EURTOESPw.d Format	Converts an amount from euros to Spanish pesetas.
	EURTOFIMw.d Format	Converts an amount from euros to Finnish markkaa.
	EURTOFRFw.d Format	Converts an amount from euros to French francs.
	EURTOGBPw.d Format	Converts an amount from euros to British pounds.
	EURTOGRDw.d Format	Converts an amount from euros to Greek drachmas.
	EURTOHUFw.d Format	Converts an amount from euros to Hungarian forints.
	EURTOIEPw.d Format	Converts an amount from euros to Irish pounds.
	EURTOITLw.d Format	Converts an amount from euros to Italian lire.
	EURTOLUFw.d Format	Converts an amount from euros to Luxembourg francs.
	EURTONLGw.d Format	Converts an amount from euros to Dutch guilders.
	EURTONOKw.d Format	Converts an amount from euros to Norwegian krone.
	EURTOPLZw.d Format	Converts an amount from euros to Polish zlotys.
	EURTOPTEw.d Format	Converts an amount from euros to Portuguese escudos.
	EURTOROLw.d Format	Converts an amount from euros to Romanian lei.
	EURTORURw.d Format	Converts an amount from euros to Russian rubles.
	EURTOSEKw.d Format	Converts an amount from euros to Swedish kronor.
	EURTOSITw.d Format	Converts an amount from euros to Slovenian tolars.
	EURTOTRLw.d Format	Converts an amount from euros to Turkish liras.
	EURTOYUDw.d Format	Converts an amount from euros to Yugoslavian dinars.
DBCS	$KANJIw. Format	Adds shift-code data to DBCS data.
	$KANJIXw. Format	Removes shift-code data from DBCS data.
Date and Time	EURDFDDw. Format	Writes international date values in the form dd.mm.yy or dd.mm.yyyy.
	EURDFDEw. Format	Writes international date values in the form ddmmmyy or ddmmmyyyy.
	EURDFDNw. Format	Writes international date values as the day of the week.
	EURDFDTw.d Format