Functions for NLS

KCVT Function

Converts data from one type of encoding data to another encoding data.

Category:	Character
Restriction:	I18N Level 2

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The KCVT function converts SBCS, DBCS, and MBCS character strings into encoding data. For example, the KCVT function can convert: ASCII code data to UCS2 encoding data, Greek code data to UTF-8, and Japanese SJIS code data to another Japanese code data. You can specify the following types for Intype and Outtype options: UCS2, UCS2L, UCS2B, and UTF8. To enable the DBCS mode, specify the following SAS options in the configuration file or in the command line.

DBCS
DBCSLANG Japanese or Korean or Chinese or Taiwanese
DBCSTYPE dbcstype value

Example

The following code converts IBM PC codes into DEC codes for the external text file specified as my-input-file, and writes in OUTDD.

 data _null_;
    infile 'my-input-file';
    file outdd noprint;
    input @1 text $char80.;
    text = kcvt(text, 'pcibm', 'dec');
    put @1 text $char80.;
 run;

NOSOSI \| NOSHIFT	No shift code or Hankaku characters.
INPLACE	Replaces character data by conversion. The INPLACE option is specified to secure the same location between different hosts whose lengths of character data are not identical. For example, the INPLACE option converts data from the host which requires Shift-Codes, into the other host, which does not require shift codes. Truncation occurs when the length of the character data that is converted into outtype for Shift-Codes is longer than the length that is specified in intype.
KANA	Includes Hankaku katakana characters in columns of character data.
UPCASE	Converts 2-byte alphabet to uppercase characters.
LOWCASE	Converts 2-byte alphabet to lowercase characters.
KATA2HIRA	Converts katakana data to Hiragana.
HIRA2KATA	Converts Hiragana data to katakana.

KCVT Function

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