This note illustrates how to convert the encoding for a SAS data set.

The sample code below (for the Windows operating environment) converts the encoding for an entire SAS library. UTF-8 is used in the example code as the desired encoding type.

The sample code below converts the encoding for a single data set.

Note: The CVP engine is a read-only engine for SAS data files only. If the variable length is already long enough to the destination encoding, the CVP is not necessary to be used. For more information about CVP engine, see the section Avoiding Character Data Truncation By Using the CVP Engine in the SAS^® 9.4 National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide, Fourth Edition.

Note: To determine the encoding of your data set, see SAS Note 14290: "How to determine the encoding value for a SAS^® data set in SAS^®9."

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