SAS Data Set Options

OUTREP= Data Set Option

Specifies the data representation for the output SAS data set.

Valid in:	DATA step and PROC steps
Category:	Data Set Control
See:	OUTREP= Data Set Option under OpenVMS

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specifies the data representation, which is the form in which data is stored in a particular operating environment. Different operating environments use different standards or conventions for storing floating-point numbers (for example, IEEE or IBM Mainframe); for character encoding (ASCII or EBCDIC); for the ordering of bytes in memory (big Endian or little Endian); for word alignment (4-byte boundaries or 8-byte boundaries); for integer data-type length (16-bit, 32-bit, or 64-bit); and for doubles (byte-swapped or not).

Native data representation refers to an environment in which the data representation is comparable to the CPU that is accessing the file. For example, a file that is in Windows data representation is native to the Windows operating environment.

By default, SAS creates a new SAS data set by using the native data representation of the CPU that is running SAS. Specifying the OUTREP= option enables you to create a SAS data set within the native environment that uses a foreign environment data representation. For example, in a UNIX environment, you can create a SAS data set that uses Windows data representation.

Values for OUTREP= are listed in the following table:

Data Representation Values for OUTREP= Option
OUTREP= Value	Alias*	Environment
ALPHA_TRU64	ALPHA_OSF	Tru64 UNIX
ALPHA_VMS_32	ALPHA_VMS	OpenVMS on Alpha
ALPHA_VMS_64		OpenVMS on Alpha
HP_IA64	HP_ITANIUM	HP-UX on Itanium 64-bit platform
HP_UX_32	HP_UX	HP-UX on 32-bit platform
HP_UX_64		HP-UX on 64-bit platform
INTEL_ABI		ABI UNIX on Intel 32-bit platform
LINUX_32	LINUX	Linux for Intel Architecture on 32-bit platform
LINUX_IA64		Linux for Itanium-based system on 64-bit platform
LINUX_X86_64		LINUX on x64 64-bit platform
MIPS_ABI		ABI UNIX on 32-bit platform
MVS_32	MVS	z/OS on 32-bit platform
OS2		OS/2 on Intel 32-bit platform
RS_6000_AIX_32	RS_6000_AIX	AIX UNIX on 32-bit RS/6000
RS_6000_AIX_64		AIX UNIX on 64-bit RS/6000
SOLARIS_32	SOLARIS	Solaris on SPARC 32-bit platform
SOLARIS_64		Solaris on SPARC 64-bit platform
SOLARIS_X86_64		Solaris on x64 64-bit platform
VAX_VMS		OpenVMS VAX
VMS_IA64		OpenVMS for HP Integrity servers 64-bit platform
WINDOWS_32	WINDOWS	Microsoft Windows on 32-bit platform
WINDOWS_64		Microsoft Windows 64-bit Edition (for both Itanium-based systems and x64)
* It is recommended that you use the current values. The aliases are available for compatibility only.

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CAUTION:: Transcoding could result in character data loss when encodings are incompatible.
For information about encoding and transcoding, see SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide.

OUTREP= Data Set Option

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