SAS(R) 9.2 National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
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| What's New |
What's New in SAS 9.2 National Language Support (NLS) Reference Guide
| Overview |
In this release, SAS has expanded the scope and capabilities of National Language Support (NLS). NLS is a set of features that enable a software product to function properly in every global market for which the product is targeted. The SAS System contains NLS features to ensure that you can write SAS applications that conform to local language conventions. Typically, software that is written in the English language works well for users who use the English language and data that is formatted using the conventions that are observed in the United States. However, without NLS, these products might not work as well for users in other regions of the world. NLS in SAS enables users in regions such as Asia and Europe to process data successfully in their native languages and environments.
This document describes the changes and enhancements that have been made to the NLS documentation and features.
| Document Title |
The title of this document was changed for SAS 9.2 NLS. The new title is SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide.
| Collating Sequences |
The Collating Sequences section, which describes the orders in which characters are sorted, has been revised.
| Locales |
The following locales have been added in SAS 9.2 NLS:
| Encodings |
The following encodings have been added in SAS 9.2 NLS:
| Formats |
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The following SAS 9.2 NLS formats have been enhanced and now support Arabic: | |
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The following format is new for SAS 9.2 NLS: | |
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The NLBEST format writes the best numerical notation, based on the locale. | |
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The following currency formats are new for SAS 9.2 NLS. These formats write the international monetary expression. | |
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The following currency formats for SAS 9.2 NLS are new. These formats write the local monetary expression. | |
| Informats |
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The following SAS 9.2 NLS informats have been enhanced and now support Arabic: | |
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The following currency informats are new for SAS 9.2 NLS. These informats read the international monetary expression. | |
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The following currency informats are new for SAS 9.2 NLS. These informats read the local monetary expression. | |
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The following functions are new for SAS 9.2 NLS: | |
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The GETPXLANGUAGE function displays a transcoding error when illegal data is read from a remote application. | |
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The GETPXLOCALE function returns the POSIX locale value for a SAS locale. | |
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The GETPXREGION function returns the current, two-letter region code. | |
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The SORTKEY function creates a linguistic sort key. | |
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The UNICODELEN function creates a linguistic sort key. | |
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The UNICODEWIDTH function specifies the length of a display unit for the Unicode data. | |
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A new directive, "#", was added to the following functions: | |
| System Options |
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The following system options are new for SAS 9.2 NLS: | |
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The BOMFILE system option specifies whether to write the Byte Order Mark (BOM) prefix on Unicode encoded external files. | |
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The RSASIOTRANSERROR system option displays a transcoding error when illegal data is read from a remote application. |
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