When you run the KCVT function with the KANA option in SAS 9.4, the KANA string is not converted correctly.

For example, you run the following code:

The result that occurs is as follows:

x=ﾁﾂﾃﾄﾅ≠ヤ・y=ABCDEabcde z=ABCDEabcde

Notice that the katakana characters for y have not been generated. If the katakana characters were generated, the result would look like this:

x=ﾁﾂﾃﾄﾅ≠ヤ・y=ABCDEｱｲｳｴｵ z=ABCDEabcde

This problem does not occur in SAS 9.3.

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Operating System and Release Information

A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M1 is available at: