Informats by Category

There are six categories of SAS informats that support NLS:

Category	Description
BIDI text handling	Instructs SAS to read bidirectional data values from data variables.
Character	Instructs SAS to read character data values into character variables.
DBCS	Instructs SAS to manage various Asian languages.
Date and Time	Instructs SAS to read data values into variables that represent dates, times, and datetimes.
Hebrew text handling	Instructs SAS to read Hebrew data from data variables.
Numeric	Instructs SAS to read numeric data values into numeric variables.

The following table provides brief descriptions of the SAS informats. For more detailed descriptions, see the NLS entry for each informat.

Category	Language elements	Description
BIDI text handling	$LOGVSw. Informat	Reads a character string that is in left-to-right logical order, and then converts the character string to visual order.
	$LOGVSRw. Informat	Reads a character string that is in right-to-left logical order, and then converts the character string to visual order.
	$VSLOGw. Informat	Reads a character string that is in visual order, and then converts the character string to left-to-right logical order.
	$VSLOGRw. Informat	Reads a character string that is in visual order, and then converts the character string to right-to-left logical order.
Character	$REVERJw. Informat	Reads character data from right to left and preserves blanks.
	$REVERSw. Informat	Reads character data from right to left, and then left aligns the text.
	$UCS2Bw. Informat	Reads a character string that is encoded in big-endian, 16-bit, UCS2, Unicode encoding, and then converts the character string to the encoding of the current SAS session.
	$UCS2BEw. Informat	Reads a character string that is in the encoding of the current SAS session and then converts the character string to big-endian, 16-bit, UCS2, Unicode encoding.
	$UCS2Lw. Informat	Reads a character string that is encoded in little-endian, 16-bit, UCS2, Unicode encoding, and then converts the character string to the encoding of the current SAS session.
	$UCS2LEw. Informat	Reads a character string that is in the encoding of the current SAS session and then converts the character string to little-endian, 16-bit, UCS2, Unicode encoding.
	$UCS2Xw. Informat	Reads a character string that is encoded in 16-bit, UCS2, Unicode encoding, and then converts the character string to the encoding of the current SAS session.
	$UCS2XEw. Informat	Reads a character string that is in the encoding of the current SAS session and then converts the character string to 16-bit, UCS2, Unicode encoding.
	$UCS4Bw. Informat	Reads a character string that is encoded in big-endian, 32-bit, UCS4, Unicode encoding, and then converts the character string to the encoding of the current SAS session.
	$UCS4Lw. Informat	Reads a character string that is encoded in little-endian, 32-bit, UCS4, Unicode encoding, and then converts the character string to the encoding of the current SAS session.
	$UCS4Xw. Informat	Reads a character string that is encoded in 32-bit, UCS4, Unicode encoding, and then converts the character string to the encoding of the current SAS session.
	$UCS4XEw. Informat	Reads a character string that is in the encoding of the current SAS session, and then converts the character string to 32-bit, UCS4, Unicode encoding.
	$UESCw. Informat	Reads a character string that is encoded in UESC representation, and then converts the character string to the encoding of the current SAS session.
	$UESCEw. Informat	Reads a character string that is in the encoding of the current SAS session, and then converts the character string to UESC representation.
	$UNCRw. Informat	Reads an NCR character string, and then converts the character string to the encoding of the current SAS session.
	$UNCREw. Informat	Reads a character string in the encoding of the current SAS session, and then converts the character string to NCR.
	$UPARENw. Informat	Reads a character string that is encoded in UPAREN representation, and then converts the character string to the encoding of the current SAS session.
	$UPARENEw. Informat	Reads a character string that is in the encoding of the current SAS session, and then converts the character string to UPAREN representation.
	$UPARENPw. Informat	Reads a character string that is encoded in UPAREN representation, and then converts the character string to the encoding of the current SAS session, with national characters remaining in the encoding of the UPAREN representation.
	$UTF8Xw. Informat	Reads a character string that is encoded in UTF-8, and then converts the character string to the encoding of the current SAS session.
Date and Time	MINGUOw. Informat	Reads dates in Taiwanese format.
	NENGOw. Informat	Reads Japanese date values in the form eyymmdd.
	NLDATEw. Informat	Reads the date value in the specified locale, and then converts the date value to the local SAS date value.
	NLDATMw. Informat	Reads the datetime value of the specified locale, and then converts the datetime value to the local SAS datetime value.
	NLTIMAPw. Informat	Reads the time value and uses a.m. and p.m. in the specified locale, and then converts the time value to the local SAS time value.
	NLTIMEw. Informat	Reads the time value in the specified locale, and then converts the time value to the local SAS time value.
DBCS	$KANJIw. Informat	Removes shift code data from DBCS data.
DBCS	$KANJIXw. Informat	Adds shift-code data to DBCS data.
Hebrew text handling	$CPTDWw. Informat	Reads a character string that is in Hebrew DOS (cp862) encoding, and then converts the character string to Windows (cp1255) encoding.
Hebrew text handling	$CPTWDw. Informat	Reads a character string that is in Windows (cp1255) encoding, and then converts the character string to Hebrew DOS (cp862) encoding.
Numeric	EUROw.d Informat	Reads numeric values, removes embedded characters in European currency, and reverses the comma and decimal point.
	EUROXw.d Informat	Reads numeric values and removes embedded characters in European currency.
	NLMNIAEDw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for the United Arab Emirates.
	NLMNIAUDw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Australia.
	NLMNIBGNw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Bulgaria.
	NLMNIBRLw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Brazil.
	NLMNICADw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Canada.
	NLMNICHFw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Liechtenstein and Switzerland.
	NLMNICNYw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for China.
	NLMNICZKw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for the Czech Republic.
	NLMNIDKKw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Denmark, Faroe Island, and Greenland.
	NLMNIEEKw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Estonia.
	NLMNIEGPw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Egypt.
	NLMNIEURw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, and Spain.
	NLMNIGBPw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for the United Kingdom.
	NLMNIHKDw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Hong Kong.
	NLMNIHRKw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Croatia.
	NLMNIHUFw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Hungary.
	NLMNIIDRw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Indonesia.
	NLMNIILSw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Israel.
	NLMNIINRw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for India.
	NLMNIJPYw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Japan.
	NLMNIKRWw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for South Korea.
	NLMNILTLw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Lithuania.
	NLMNILVLw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Latvia.
	NLMNIMOPw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Macau.
	NLMNIMXNw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Mexico.
	NLMNIMYRw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Malaysia.
	NLMNINOKw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Norway.
	NLMNINZDw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for New Zealand.
	NLMNIPLNw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Poland.
	NLMNIRUBw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Russia.
	NLMNISEKw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Sweden.
	NLMNISGDw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Singapore.
	NLMNITHBw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Thailand.
	NLMNITRYw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Turkey.
	NLMNITWDw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Taiwan.
	NLMNIUSDw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Puerto Rico and the United States.
	NLMNIZARw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the international expression for South Africa.
	NLMNLAEDw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the local expression for the United Arab Emirates.
	NLMNLAUDw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Australia.
	NLMNLBGNw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Bulgaria.
	NLMNLBRLw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Brazil.
	NLMNLCADw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Canada.
	NLMNLCHFw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Liechtenstein and Switzerland.
	NLMNLCNYw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the local expression for China.
	NLMNLCZKw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the local expression for the Czech Republic.
	NLMNLDKKw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Denmark, the Faroe Island, and Greenland.
	NLMNLEEKw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Estonia.
	NLMNLEGPw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Egypt.
	NLMNLEURw.d Informat	Reads 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 Informat	Reads the monetary format of the local expression for the United Kingdom.
	NLMNLHKDw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Hong Kong.
	NLMNLHRKw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Croatia.
	NLMNLHUFw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Hungary.
	NLMNLIDRw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Indonesia.
	NLMNLILSw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Israel.
	NLMNLINRw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the local expression for India.
	NLMNLJPYw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Japan.
	NLMNLKRWw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the local expression for South Korea.
	NLMNLLTLw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Lithuania.
	NLMNLLVLw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Latvia.
	NLMNLMOPw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Macau.
	NLMNLMXNw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Mexico.
NLMNLMYRw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Malaysia.
NLMNLNOKw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Norway.
NLMNLNZDw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the local expression for New Zealand.
NLMNLPLNw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Poland.
NLMNLRUBw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Russia.
NLMNLSEKw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Sweden.
NLMNLSGDw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Singapore.
NLMNLTHBw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Thailand.
NLMNLTRYw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Turkey.
NLMNLTWDw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Taiwan.
NLMNLUSDw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Puerto Rico, and the United States.
NLMNLZARw.d Informat	Reads the monetary format of the local expression for South Africa.
NLMNYw.d Informat	Reads monetary data in the specified locale for the local expression, and then converts the data to a numeric value.
NLMNYIw.d Informat	Reads monetary data in the specified locale for the international expression, and then converts the data to a numeric value.
NLNUMw.d Informat	Reads numeric data in the specified locale for local expressions, and then converts the data to a numeric value.
NLNUMIw.d Informat	Reads numeric data in the specified locale for international expressions, and then converts the data to a numeric value.
NLPCTw.d Informat	Reads percentage data in the specified locale for local expressions, and then converts the data to a numeric value.
NLPCTIw.d Informat	Reads percentage data in the specified locale for international expressions, and then converts the data to a numeric value.
YENw.d Informat	Removes embedded yen signs, commas, and decimal points.