What's New in the SAS 9.3 National Language Support
Overview
In this release, SAS
has expanded the scope and capabilities of National Language Support
(NLS). NLS is a set of features that enable a software product to
function properly in every global market for which the product is
targeted. SAS contains NLS features to ensure that you can write SAS
applications that conform to local language conventions. Typically,
software that is written in the English language works well for users
who use the English language and data that is formatted using the
conventions that are observed in the United States. However, without
NLS, these products might not work as well for users in other regions
of the world. NLS in SAS enables users in regions such as Asia and
Europe to process data successfully in their native languages and
environments.
General Enhancements
The following enhancements
are implemented for SAS 9.3:
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The aliases were updated in the
LOCALE= System Option table.
For more information, see the LOCALE= table.
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The European Currency Conversion
section was updated with the new members that use the Euro.
For more information,
see the European conversion section.
Additional Encodings
The following encodings
are new:
specifies the encoding
for Open Edition Katakana
specifies the encoding
for Open Edition Korean
specifies the encoding
for Open Edition Simplified Chinese
specifies the encoding
for Open Edition Traditional Chinese
specifies the encoding
for Open Edition Japanese
specifies the encoding
for Open Edition Japanese-IBM-939E
Formats
The following formats
are new:
converts the time portion
of the SAS date time of the locale to the time of day and time zone
converts SAS date values
of the specified locale to the day of week, date time, and time zone
converts the SAS date
time values to the locale sensitive date time string as the time zone
and date time
The following format
has been updated:
The default value has
changed from 1 to 8.
Functions
The following functions
are new:
verifies the transcoding
compatibility between two encodings
specifies a valid encoding
name
specifies a message
from a data set. The returned message is based on the current locale
and a specified key.
specifies a message
from a specified data set. The specified message is based on a specified
locale value and a specified key value.
specifies the locale
keys for the current SAS locale
System Options
The following system
options are new:
controls the percent
encoding behavior of the URLENCODING and URLDECODE functions
specifies the rules
for naming SAS data sets, views, and item stores
specifies the rules
for valid SAS variable names that can be created and processed during
a SAS session
The following system
option is enhanced:
The DFLANG system option
supports the locale option.
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