The French Canada standard for writing currency values is the currency amount followed by a space and a dollar sign. Here is an example:

   13032323 $

In SAS 9.2 TS1M0, the value is written correctly.

In SAS 9.2 TS2M0, the space is not generated.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	z/OS	9.2 TS2M2	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems	9.2 TS2M2	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition	9.2 TS2M2	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition	9.2 TS2M2	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition	9.2 TS2M2	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft® Windows® for x64	9.2 TS2M2	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9.2 TS2M2	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9.2 TS2M2	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9.2 TS2M2	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9.2 TS2M2	9.3 TS1M0
		Windows Vista	9.2 TS2M2	9.3 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.2 TS2M2	9.3 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9.2 TS2M2	9.3 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.2 TS2M2	9.3 TS1M0
		HP-UX IPF	9.2 TS2M2	9.3 TS1M0
		Linux	9.2 TS2M2	9.3 TS1M0
		Linux for x64	9.2 TS2M2	9.3 TS1M0
		OpenVMS on HP Integrity	9.2 TS2M2	9.3 TS1M0
		Solaris for x64	9.2 TS2M2	9.3 TS1M0

* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.

The NLMNY format writes monetary amounts per the locale setting.

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options locale=french_canada;

data a;
  x=13032323;
  put x=nlmny11.2;
run;

This is correct output

x=13032323 $

This is incorrect output
x=130 323,23$

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	medium
Topic:	SAS Reference ==> Formats ==> Numeric ==> NLMNY

Date Modified:	2011-06-01 13:09:39
Date Created:	2009-04-24 13:15:37