GETLOCENV Function

Returns the current locale/language environment.
Category: Locale
Syntax
Details
Example

Syntax

GETLOCENV( )

Details

The GETLOCENV function returns the locale/language environment value for a valid SAS locale. The following environment values are possible:
SBCS
The SAS session encoding is SBCS (Single-Byte Character Set). SASWZSD is loaded for string manipulation.
DBCS
The SAS session encoding is DBCS (Double-Byte Character Set). SASWZSD is loaded for string manipulation.
MBCS
The SAS session encoding is Unicode(UTF8). SASWZSU is loaded for string manipulation.
If you receive a blank value, then the WZSS subsystem is not available. This action suggests a configuration or installation error.

Example

In the following example, the LOCALE= system option is set to French_France.
Statements
Results
option locale=french_france;
environ=getlocenv();
put environ;
SBCS
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