System Options for NLS |
Valid in: | configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window |
Category: | Files: External files |
PROC OPTIONS GROUP: | EXTFILES |
Syntax | |
Syntax Description | |
Details |
Syntax |
BOMFILE | NOBOMFILE |
Specifies to write a byte order mark (BOM) prefix when a Unicode-encoded file is written to an external file.
Specifies not to write a BOM prefix when a Unicode-encoded file is written to an external file.
Details |
The BOMFILE system option does not apply when a Unicode-encoded external file is read.
A BOM is a signature at the beginning of a Unicode data stream. The size of the BOM varies depending on the encoding.
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