Functions for NLS

UNICODE Function

converts Unicode characters to the current SAS session encoding.

Category:

Character

Syntax

STR=UNICODE(<instr>(,<Unicode type>))

str

Data string that has been converted to the current SAS session encoding.

instr

input data string.

Unicode type

Unicode character formats

ESC	Unicode Escape (for example, \u0042 ). ESC is the default format.
NCR	Numeric Character Representation (for example, &#22823 or &#177 ; )
PAREN	Unicode Parenthesis Escape (for example, <u0061>)
UCS2	UCS2 encoding with native endian.
UCS2B	UCS2 encoding with big endian.
UCS2L	UCS2 encoding with little endian.
UCS4	UCS4 encoding with native endian.
UCS4B	UCS4 encoding with big endian.
UCS4L	UCS4 encoding with little endian.
UTF16	UTF16 encoding with big endian.
UTF16B	UTF16 encoding with big endian.
UTF16L	UTF16 encoding with little endian.
UTF8	UTF8 encoding.

This function reads Unicode characters and converts them to the current SAS session encoding.

The following example demonstrates the functionality of the UNICODE function:

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