UNICODE Function

converts Unicode characters to the current SAS session encoding.
Category: Character
Syntax
Details
Example

Syntax

STR=UNICODE(<instr> (,<Unicode type> ))

Required Arguments

str
Data string that has been converted to the current SAS session encoding.
instr
input data string.
Unicode type
Unicode character formats
ESC Unicode Escape (for example, \u0042 ). ESC is the default format.
NCR Numeric Character Representation (for example, &#22823 or &#177 ; )
PAREN Unicode Parenthesis Escape (for example, <u0061>)
UCS2 UCS2 encoding with native endian.
UCS2B UCS2 encoding with big endian.
UCS2L UCS2 encoding with little endian.
UCS4 UCS4 encoding with native endian.
UCS4B UCS4 encoding with big endian.
UCS4L UCS4 encoding with little endian.
UTF16 UTF16 encoding with big endian.
UTF16B UTF16 encoding with big endian.
UTF16L UTF16 encoding with little endian.
UTF8 UTF8 encoding.

Details

This function reads Unicode characters and converts them to the current SAS session encoding.

Example

The following example demonstrates the functionality of the UNICODE function:
UNICODE Functionality
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