DBCS System Option: UNIX, Windows, and z/OS

Recognizes double-byte character sets (DBCS).

Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation
Category:	Environment control: Language control
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	LANGUAGECONTROL
Default:	NODBCS
UNIX specifics:	Also valid in SASV9_OPTIONS environment variable

Syntax

-DBCS | -NODBCS (UNIX and Windows)

DBCS | NODBCS ( z/OS)

DBCS: recognizes double-byte character sets (DBCS) for encoding values. DBCS encodings are used to support East Asian languages.

NODBCS: does not recognize a DBCS for encoding values. Instead, a single-byte character set (SBCS) is used for encoding values. A single byte is used to represent each character in the character set.

The DBCS system option is used for supporting languages from East Asian countries such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Taiwanese.