Formats for NLS

$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.

Category:	Character
Alignment:	left

Syntax
Syntax Description
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Example
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Syntax

$UCS2Xw.

Syntax Description

w

specifies the width of the output field. Specify enough width to accommodate the 16-bit size of the Unicode characters.

Default:	8
Range:	2-32767

Details

The $UCS2Xw. format writes a character string in 16-bit, UCS2 (universal character set code in two octets), Unicode encoding, by using byte order that is native to the operating environment.

Comparison

The $UCS2Xw. format performs processing that is the opposite of the $UCS2XEw. format. If you are exchanging data within the same operating environment, use the $UCS2Xw. format. If you are exchanging data with a different operating environment, use the $UCS2Bw. format or $UCS2Lw. format.

Example

This example uses the Japanese Shift_JIS session encoding, which is supported under the UNIX operating environment.

Statements	Result
	----+----1
x = ' '; put x $ucs2x2.;	'5927'x (binary) or '2759'x (little endian)

Statements

Result

----+----1

x = '

put x $ucs2x2.;

'5927'x (binary) or '2759'x (little endian)