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Formats for NLS

Formats for NLS by Category

The following categories relate to NLS issues:

Categories of NLS Formats
Category Description
BIDI text handling Instructs SAS to write bidirectional data values from data variables.
Character Instructs SAS to write character data values from character variables.
Currency Conversion Instructs SAS to convert an amount from one currency to another currency.
DBCS Instructs SAS to translate double-byte-character sets that are used in Asian languages.
Hebrew text handling Instructs SAS to read Hebrew data from data variables.
International Date and Time Instructs SAS to write data values from variables that represent dates, times, and datetimes.
Numeric Instructs SAS to write numeric data values from numeric variables.

The following table provides brief descriptions of the SAS formats that are related to NLS. For more detailed descriptions, see the NLS entry for each format.

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 and Arabic 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.

$UPARENEw. 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.

$UTF8Xw. 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.
DBCS $KANJIw. Format
 Adds shift-code data to DBCS data.

$KANJIXw. Format
 Removes shift-code data from DBCS data.
Date and Time HDATEw. Format
 Writes date values in the form yyyy mmmmm dd where dd is the day-of-the-month, mmmmm represents the month's name in Hebrew, and yyyy is the year.

HEBDATEw. Format
 Writes date values according to the Jewish calendar.

MINGUOw. Format
 Writes date values as Taiwanese dates in the form yyyymmdd .

NENGOw. Format
 Writes date values as Japanese dates in the form e.yymmdd .

NLDATEw. Format
 Converts a SAS date value to the date value of the specified locale, and then writes the date value as a date.

NLDATEMDw. Format
 Converts the SAS date value to the date value of the specified locale, and then writes the value as the name of the month and the day of the month.

NLDATEMNw. Format
 Converts a SAS date value to the date value of the specified locale, and then writes the value as the name of the month.

NLDATEWw. Format
 Converts a SAS date value to the date value of the specified locale, and then writes the value as the date and the day of the week.

NLDATEWNw. Format
 Converts the SAS date value to the date value of the specified locale, and then writes the date value as the day of the week.

NLDATEYMw. Format
 Converts the SAS date value to the date value of the specified locale, and then writes the date value as the year and the name of the month.

NLDATEYQw. Format
 Converts the SAS date value to the date value of the specified locale, and then writes the date value as the year and the quarter.

NLDATEYRw. Format
 Converts the SAS date value to the date value of the specified locale, and then writes the date value as the year.

NLDATEYWw. Format
 Converts the SAS date value to the date value of the specified locale, and then writes the date value as the year and the week.

NLDATMw. Format
 Converts a SAS datetime value to the datetime value of the specified locale, and then writes the value as a datetime.

NLDATMAPw. Format
 Converts a SAS datetime value to the datetime value of the specified locale, and then writes the value as a datetime with a.m. or p.m.

NLDATMDTw. Format
 Converts the SAS datetime value to the datetime value of the specified locale, and then writes the value as the name of the month, day of the month and year.

NLDATMMDw. Format
 Converts the SAS datetime value to the datetime value of the specified locale, and then writes the value as the name of the month and the day of the month.

NLDATMMNw. Format
 Converts the SAS datetime value to the datetime value of the specified locale, and then writes the value as the name of the month.

NLDATMTMw. Format
 Converts the time portion of a SAS datetime value to the time-of-day value of the specified locale, and then writes the value as a time of day.

NLDATMWNw. Format
 Converts a SAS datetime value to the datetime value of the specified locale, and then writes the value as the day of the week.

NLDATMWw. Format
 Converts SAS datetime values to the locale sensitive datetime string as the day of the week and the datetime.

NLDATMYMw. Format
 Converts the SAS datetime value to the datetime value of the specified locale, and then writes the value as the year and the name of the month.

NLDATMYQw. Format
 Converts the SAS datetime value to the datetime value of the specified locale, and then writes the value as the year and the quarter of the year.

NLDATMYRw. Format
 Converts the SAS datetime value to the datetime value of the specified locale, and then writes the value as the year.

NLDATMYWw. Format
 Converts the SAS datetime value to the datetime value of the specified locale, and then writes the value as the year and the name of the week.

NLTIMEw. Format
 Converts a SAS time value to the time value of the specified locale, and then writes the value as a time value.

NLTIMAPw. Format
 Converts a SAS time value to the time value of a specified locale, and then writes the value as a time value with a.m. or p.m.

WEEKUw. Format
 Writes a week number in decimal format by using the U algorithm.

WEEKVw. Format
 Writes a week number in decimal format by using the V algorithm.

WEEKWw. Format
 Writes a week number in decimal format by using the W algorithm.

YYWEEKUw. Format
 Writes a week number in decimal format by using the U algorithm, excluding day-of-the-week information.

YYWEEKVw. Format
 Writes a week number in decimal format by using the V algorithm, excluding day-of-the-week information.

YYWEEKWw. Format
 Writes a week number in decimal format by using the W algorithm, excluding the day-of-week information.
Hebrew text handling $CPTDWw. Format
 Processes a character string that is in Hebrew text, encoded in IBM-PC (cp862), and then writes the character string in Windows Hebrew encoding (cp 1255).

$CPTWDw. Format
 Processes a character string that is encoded in Windows (cp1255), and then writes the character string in Hebrew DOS (cp862) encoding.
Numeric EUROw.d Format
 Writes numeric values with a leading euro symbol (E), a comma that separates every three digits, and a period that separates the decimal fraction.

EUROXw.d Format
 Writes numeric values with a leading euro symbol (E), a period that separates every three digits, and a comma that separates the decimal fraction.

NLBESTw. Format
 Writes the best numerical notation based on the locale.

NLMNIAEDw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression for the United Arab Emirates.

NLMNIAUDw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression for Australia.

NLMNIBGNw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression for Bulgaria.

NLMNIBRLw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression for Brazil.

NLMNICADw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression for Canada.

NLMNICHFw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression for Liechtenstein and Switzerland.

NLMNICNYw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression for China.

NLMNICZKw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression for the Czech Republic.

NLMNIDKKw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for Denmark, Faroe Island, and Greenland.

NLMNIEEKw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression for Estonia.

NLMNIEGPw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression for Egypt.

NLMNIEURw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression for Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, and Spain.

NLMNIGBPw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression for the United Kingdom.

NLMNIHKDw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression for Hong Kong.

NLMNIHRKw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression for Croatia.

NLMNIHUFw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression for Hungary.

NLMNIIDRw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression for Indonesia.

NLMNIILSw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression for Israel.

NLMNIINRw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression for India.

NLMNIJPYw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression for Japan.

NLMNIKRWw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression for South Korea.

NLMNILTLw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression for Lithuania.

NLMNILVLw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression for Latvia.

NLMNIMOPw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression for Macau.

NLMNIMXNw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression for Mexico.

NLMNIMYRw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression for Malaysia.

NLMNINOKw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression for Norway.

NLMNINZDw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression for New Zealand.

NLMNIPLNw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression for Poland.

NLMNIRUBw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression for Russia.

NLMNISEKw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression for Sweden.

NLMNISGDw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression for Singapore.

NLMNITHBw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression for Thailand.

NLMNITRYw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression for Turkey.

NLMNITWDw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression for Taiwan.

NLMNIUSDw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression for Puerto Rico and the United States.

NLMNIZARw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression for South Africa.

NLMNLAEDw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for the United Arab Emirates.

NLMNLAUDw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for Australia.

NLMNLBGNw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for Bulgaria.

NLMNLBRLw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for Brazil.

NLMNLCADw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for Canada.

NLMNLCHFw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for Liechtenstein and Switzerland.

NLMNLCNYw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for China.

NLMNLCZKw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for the Czech Republic.

NLMNLDKKw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for Denmark, Faroe Island, and Greenland.

NLMNLEEKw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for Estonia.

NLMNLEGPw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for Egypt.

NLMNLEURw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, and Spain.

NLMNLGBPw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for the United Kingdom.

NLMNLHKDw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for Hong Kong.

NLMNLHRKw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for Croatia.

NLMNLHUFw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for Hungary.

NLMNLIDRw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for Indonesia.

NLMNLILSw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for Israel.

NLMNLINRw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for India.

NLMNLJPYw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for Japan.

NLMNLKRWw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for South Korea.

NLMNLLTLw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for Lithuania.

NLMNLLVLw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for Latvia.

NLMNLMOPw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for Macau.

NLMNLMXNw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for Mexico.

NLMNLMYRw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for Malaysia.

NLMNLNOKw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for Norway.

NLMNLNZDw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for New Zealand.

NLMNLPLNw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for Poland.

NLMNLRUBw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for Russia.

NLMNLSEKw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for Sweden.

NLMNLSGDw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for Singapore.

NLMNLTHBw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for Thailand.

NLMNLTRYw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for Turkey.

NLMNLTWDw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for Taiwan.

NLMNLUSDw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for Puerto Rico and the United States.

NLMNLZARw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression for South Africa.

NLMNYw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the local expression in the specified locale using local currency.

NLMNYIw.d Format
 Writes the monetary format of the international expression in the specified locale.

NLNUMw.d Format
 Writes the numeric format of the local expression in the specified locale.

NLNUMIw.d Format
 Writes the numeric format of the international expression in the specified locale.

NLPCTw.d Format
 Writes percentage data of the local expression in the specified locale.

NLPCTIw.d Format
 Writes percentage data of the international expression in the specified locale.

NLPCTNw.d Format
 Produces percentages, using a minus sign for negative values.

NLPCTPw.d Format
 Writes locale-specific numeric values as percentages.

NLPVALUEw.d Format
 Writes p-values of the local expression in the specified locale.

NLSTRMONw.d Format
 Writes a numeric value as a day-of-the-month in the specified locale.

NLSTRQTRw.d Format
 Writes a numeric value as the quarter-of-the-year in the specified locale.

NLSTRWKw.d Format
 Writes a numeric value as the day-of-the-week in the specified locale.

YENw.d Format
 Writes numeric values with yen signs, commas, and decimal points.

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