Problem Note 61197: When used under SAS® UTF-8, the KLOWCASE and KUPCASE functions return garbage characters
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When applying the KLOWCASE or KUPCASE functions to some national characters in a SAS UTF-8 session, you might see the unprinted or garbage characters in the results.
For example, after the code below is run, the hexadecimal code of the results are different.
data _null_;
l=klowcase('c4b0'x);
u=kupcase('c4b1'x);
put l=$hex. '(Should be 6920)';
put u=$hex. '(Should be 4920)';
run;
l=69B0 (Should be 6920)
u=49B1 (Should be 4920)
l=klowcase('c4b0'x);
u=kupcase('c4b1'x);
put l=$hex. '(Should be 6920)';
put u=$hex. '(Should be 4920)';
run;
l=69B0 (Should be 6920)
u=49B1 (Should be 4920)
To work around this issue, use PROPCASE to make the string lowercase or uppercase. Here is an example:
propcase(string,'','L');
propcase(string,'','U');
Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| z/OS 64-bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M3 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/V01.html#61197| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2017-10-11 13:33:24 |
| Date Created: | 2017-10-05 15:39:28 |