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Name
Syntax and Description
ANYDTDTEw.
Reads and extracts the date value from various date, time, and datetime forms.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Formats and Informats: Reference
ANYDTDTMw.
Reads and extracts datetime values from various date, time, and datetime forms.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Formats and Informats: Reference
ANYDTTMEw.
Reads and extracts time values from various date, time, and datetime forms.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Formats and Informats: Reference
$ASCIIw.
Converts ASCII character data to native format.
Product: Base SAS
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B8601CIw.d
Reads an IBM date and time value that includes a century marker, in the form cyymmddhhmmss<fff>.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Formats and Informats: Reference
B8601DAw.
Reads date values that are specified using the ISO 8601 base notation yyyymmdd.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Formats and Informats: Reference
B8601DJw.d
Reads a Java date and time value that is in the form yyyymmddhhmmss<ffffff>.
Product: Base SAS
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B8601DNw.
Reads date values that are specified using the ISO 8601 basic notation yyyymmdd and returns SAS datetime values where the time portion of the value is 000000.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Formats and Informats: Reference
B8601DTw.d
Reads datetime values that are specified using the ISO 8601 basic notation yyyymmddThhmmss<ffffff>.
Product: Base SAS
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B8601DXw.
Adjusts a Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) datetime value to the user’s local date and time. Then, reads the local date and time by using the ISO 8601 datetime and time zone basic notation yyyymmddThhmmss+|-hhmm
Product: Base SAS
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B8601DZw.d
Reads Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) datetime values that are specified using the ISO 8601 datetime basic notation yyyymmddThhmmss+|–hhmm or yyyymmddThhmmss<ffffff>Z.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Formats and Informats: Reference
B8601LXw.d
Reads datetime values as local time by appending a time zone offset difference between the local time and UTC, using the ISO 8601 basic notation yyyymmddThhmmss+|–hhmm.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Formats and Informats: Reference
B8601TMw.d
Reads time values that are specified using the ISO 8601 basic notation hhmmss<ffffff>.
Product: Base SAS
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B8601TXw.
Adjusts a Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) value to the user’s local time. Then, reads the local time by using the ISO 8601 basic time notation hhmmss+|–hhmm.
Product: Base SAS
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B8601TZw.d
Reads time values that are specified using the ISO 8601 basic time notation hhmmss<ffff>+|–hhmm or hhmmss<ffffff>Z.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Formats and Informats: Reference
$BASE64Xw.
Converts ASCII text to character data by using Base 64 encoding.
Product: Base SAS
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$BINARYw.
Converts binary data to character data.
Product: Base SAS
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BINARYw.d
Converts integer (fixed-point) or real (floating-point) binary values to integers.
Product: Base SAS
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BITSw.d
Extracts bits.
Product: Base SAS
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BZw.d
Converts blanks to 0s.
Product: Base SAS
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$CBw.
Reads standard character data from column-binary files.
Product: Base SAS
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CBw.d
Reads standard numeric values from column-binary files.
Product: Base SAS
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$CHARw.
Reads character data with blanks.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Formats and Informats: Reference
$CHARZBw.
Converts binary 0s to blanks.
Product: Base SAS
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COMMAw.d
Removes embedded characters.
Product: Base SAS
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COMMAXw.d
Removes embedded periods, blanks, dollar signs, percent signs, hyphens, and close parentheses from the input data. An open parenthesis at the beginning of a field is converted to a minus sign. The COMMAX informat reverses the roles of the decimal point and the comma.
Product: Base SAS
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$CPTDWw.
Reads a character string that is in Hebrew DOS (cp862) encoding, and then converts the character string to Windows (cp1255) encoding.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
$CPTWDw.
Reads a character string that is in Windows (cp1255) encoding, and then converts the character string to Hebrew DOS (cp862) encoding.
Product: Base SAS
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DATETIMEw.
Reads datetime values in the form ddmmmyy hh:mm:ss.ss or ddmmmyyyy hh:mm:ss.ss.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Formats and Informats: Reference
DATEw.
Reads date values in the form ddmmmyy or ddmmmyyyy.
Product: Base SAS
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DDMMYYw.
Reads date values in the form ddmmyy<yy> or dd-mm-yy<yy>, where a special character such as a hyphen (-), period (.), or slash (/) separates the day, month, and year. The year can be either two or four digits.
Product: Base SAS
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E8601DAw.
Reads date values that are specified using the ISO 8601 extended notation yyyy-mm-dd.
Product: Base SAS
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E8601DNw.
Reads date values that are specified using the ISO 8601 extended notation yyyy-mm-dd and returns SAS datetime values where the time portion of the value is 000000.
Product: Base SAS
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E8601DTw.d
Reads datetime values that are specified using the ISO 8601 extended notation yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.<ffffff>.
Product: Base SAS
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E8601DXw.
Adjusts a Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) datetime value to the user’s local date and time. Then, reads the local date and time by using the ISO 8601 datetime and time zone extended notation yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss+|–hh:mm.
Product: Base SAS
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E8601DZw.d
Reads Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) datetime values that are specified using the ISO 8601 datetime extended notation yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss+|–hh:mm.<fffff> or yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.<fffff>Z.
Product: Base SAS
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E8601LXw.
Reads datetime values as local time by appending a time zone offset difference between the local time and UTC, using the ISO 8601 extended notation yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss+|–hh:mm.
Product: Base SAS
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E8601LZw.d
Reads Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) values that are specified using the ISO 8601 extended notation hh:mm:ss+|–hh:mm.<fffff> or hh:mm:ss.<fffff>Z and converts the values to the local time.
Product: Base SAS
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E8601TMw.d
Reads time values that are specified using the ISO 8601 extended notation hh:mm:ss.<ffffff>.
Product: Base SAS
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E8601TXw.
Adjusts a Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) value to the user’s local time. Then, reads the local time by using the ISO 8601 extended time notation hh:mm:ss+|–hh:mm.
Product: Base SAS
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E8601TZw.d
Reads time values that are specified using the ISO 8601 extended time notation hh:mm:ss+|–hh:mm.<ffffff> or hh:mm:ssZ.
Product: Base SAS
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$EBCDICw.
Converts EBCDIC character data to native format.
Product: Base SAS
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EURDFDEw.
Reads international date values.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
EURDFDTw.
Reads international datetime values in the form ddmmmyy hh:mm:ss.ss or ddmmmyyyy hh:mm:ss.ss.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
EURDFMYw.
Reads month and year date values in the form mmmyy or mmmyyyy.
Product: Base SAS
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EUROw.d
Reads numeric values, removes embedded characters in European currency, and reverses the comma and decimal point.
Product: Base SAS
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EUROXw.d
Reads numeric values and removes embedded characters in European currency.
Product: Base SAS
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FLOATw.d
Reads a native single-precision, floating-point value and divides it by 10 raised to the dth power.
Product: Base SAS
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HEXw.
Converts hexadecimal positive binary values to either fixed-point or floating-point binary values.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
$HEXw.
Converts hexadecimal data to character data.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
$HEXw.
Converts hexadecimal data to character data.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Formats and Informats: Reference
HEXw.
Converts hexadecimal positive binary values to either integer (fixed-point) or real (floating-point) binary values.
Product: Base SAS
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HEXw.
Converts hexadecimal positive binary values to fixed-point or floating-point binary values.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
$HEXw.
Converts hexadecimal data to character data.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
Converts hexadecimal character values to integer binary (fixed-point) or real binary (floating-point) values.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
HHMMSSw.
Reads hours, minutes, and seconds in the form hh:mm:ss or hhmmss.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Formats and Informats: Reference
IBw.d
Reads integer binary (fixed-point) values.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
IBRw.d
Reads integer binary (fixed-point) values in Intel and DEC formats.
Product: Base SAS
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IBw.d
Reads native integer binary (fixed-point) values, including negative values.
Product: Base SAS
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IBw.d
Reads integer binary (fixed-point) values.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
Reads integer binary (fixed-point) values.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
IEEEw.d
Reads an IEEE floating-point value and divides it by 10 raised to the dth power.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Formats and Informats: Reference
JNENGOw.
Reads Japanese kanji date values in the form yymmdd.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
JULIANw.
Reads Julian dates in the form yyddd or yyyyddd.
Product: Base SAS
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$KANJIw.
Removes shift code data from DBCS data.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
$KANJIXw.
Adds shift-code data to DBCS data.
Product: Base SAS
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$LOGVSRw.
Reads a character string that is in right-to-left logical order, and then converts the character string to visual order.
Product: Base SAS
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$LOGVSw.
Reads a character string that is in left-to-right logical order, and then converts the character string to visual order.
Product: Base SAS
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MDYAMPMw.d
Reads datetime values in the form mm-dd-yy<yy> hh:mm:ss.ss AM|PM, where a special character such as a hyphen (-), period (.), slash (/), or colon (:) separates the month, day, and year. The year can be either two or four digits.
Product: Base SAS
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MINGUOw.
Reads dates in Taiwanese format.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
MMDDYYw.
Reads date values in the form mmddyy or mmddyyyy.
Product: Base SAS
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MONYYw.
Reads month and year date values in the form mmmyy or mmmyyyy.
Product: Base SAS
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MSECw.
Reads TIME MIC values.
Product: Base SAS
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$N8601Bw.d
Reads complete, truncated, and omitted forms of ISO 8601 duration, datetime, and interval values that are specified in either the basic or extended notation.
Product: Base SAS
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$N8601Ew.d
Reads ISO 8601 duration, datetime, and interval values that are specified in the extended notation.
Product: Base SAS
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NENGOw.
Reads Japanese date values in the form eyymmdd.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
NLDATEw.
Reads the date value as the local SAS date value that is appropriate for the current SAS locale.
Product: Base SAS
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NLDATEWw.
Reads the date value as the local SAS date and the day of the week that is appropriate for the current SAS locale.
Product: Base SAS
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NLDATMAPw.
Reads the date value as the local SAS datetime with either a.m. or p.m. that is appropriate for the current SAS locale.
Product: Base SAS
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NLDATMw.
Reads the datetime value as the local SAS datetime value that is appropriate for the current SAS locale.
Product: Base SAS
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NLDATMWw
Reads the date value as the local SAS day of the week and the datetime that is appropriate for the current SAS locale.
Product: Base SAS
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NLMNIAEDw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for the United Arab Emirates.
Product: Base SAS
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NLMNIAUDw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Australia.
Product: Base SAS
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NLMNIBGNw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Bulgaria.
Product: Base SAS
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NLMNIBRLw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Brazil.
Product: Base SAS
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NLMNICADw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Canada.
Product: Base SAS
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NLMNICHFw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Liechtenstein and Switzerland.
Product: Base SAS
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NLMNICNYw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for China.
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NLMNICZKw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for the Czech Republic.
Product: Base SAS
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NLMNIDKKw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Denmark, Faroe Island, and Greenland.
Product: Base SAS
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NLMNIEEKw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Estonia.
Product: Base SAS
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NLMNIEGPw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Egypt.
Product: Base SAS
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NLMNIEURw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain.
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NLMNIGBPw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for the United Kingdom.
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NLMNIHKDw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Hong Kong.
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NLMNIHRKw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Croatia.
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NLMNIHUFw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Hungary.
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NLMNIIDRw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Indonesia.
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NLMNIILSw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Israel.
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NLMNIINRw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for India.
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NLMNIJPYw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Japan.
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NLMNIKRWw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for South Korea.
Product: Base SAS
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NLMNILTLw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Lithuania.
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NLMNILVLw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Latvia.
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NLMNIMOPw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Macau.
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NLMNIMXNw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Mexico.
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NLMNIMYRw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Malaysia.
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NLMNINOKw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Norway.
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NLMNINZDw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for New Zealand.
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NLMNIPLNw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Poland.
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NLMNIRUBw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Russia.
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NLMNISEKw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Sweden.
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NLMNISGDw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Singapore.
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NLMNITHBw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Thailand.
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NLMNITRYw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Turkey.
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NLMNITWDw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Taiwan.
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NLMNIUSDw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for Puerto Rico and the United States.
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NLMNIZARw.d
Reads the monetary format of the international expression for South Africa.
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NLMNLAEDw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for the United Arab Emirates.
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NLMNLAUDw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Australia.
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NLMNLBGNw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Bulgaria.
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NLMNLBRLw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Brazil.
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NLMNLCADw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Canada.
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NLMNLCHFw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Liechtenstein and Switzerland.
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NLMNLCNYw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for China.
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NLMNLCZKw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for the Czech Republic.
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NLMNLDKKw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Denmark, the Faroe Island, and Greenland.
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NLMNLEEKw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Estonia.
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NLMNLEGPw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Egypt.
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NLMNLEURw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain.
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NLMNLGBPw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for the United Kingdom.
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NLMNLHKDw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Hong Kong.
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NLMNLHRKw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Croatia.
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NLMNLHUFw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Hungary.
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NLMNLIDRw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Indonesia.
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NLMNLILSw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Israel.
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NLMNLINRw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for India.
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NLMNLJPYw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Japan.
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NLMNLKRWw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for South Korea.
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NLMNLLTLw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Lithuania.
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NLMNLLVLw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Latvia.
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NLMNLMOPw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Macau.
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NLMNLMXNw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Mexico.
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NLMNLMYRw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Malaysia.
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NLMNLNOKw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Norway.
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NLMNLNZDw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for New Zealand.
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NLMNLPLNw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Poland.
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NLMNLRUBw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Russia.
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NLMNLSEKw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Sweden.
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NLMNLSGDw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Singapore.
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NLMNLTHBw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Thailand.
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NLMNLTRYw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Turkey.
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NLMNLTWDw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Taiwan.
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NLMNLUSDw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for Puerto Rico, and the United States.
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NLMNLZARw.d
Reads the monetary format of the local expression for South Africa.
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NLMNYIw.d
Reads monetary data for international expression as a numeric value that is appropriate for the current SAS locale.
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NLMNYw.d
Reads monetary data for local expression as a numeric value that is appropriate for the current SAS locale.
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NLNUMIw.d
Reads numeric data for international expressions as a numeric value that is appropriate for the current SAS locale.
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NLNUMw.d
Reads numeric data for local expressions as a numeric value that is appropriate for the current SAS locale.
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NLPCTIw.d
Reads percentage data for international expressions as a numeric value that is appropriate for the current SAS locale.
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NLPCTw.d
Reads percentage data for local expressions as a numeric value, that is appropriate for the current SAS locale.
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NLSTRMON
Reads the month name as a numeric value that is appropriate for the current SAS locale.
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NLTIMAPw.
Reads the time value and uses a.m. and p.m. as the local SAS time value that is appropriate for the current SAS locale.
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NLTIMEw.
Reads the time value as the local SAS time value that is appropriate for the current SAS locale.
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NUMXw.d
Reads numeric values with a comma in place of the decimal point.
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$OCTALw.
Converts octal data to character data.
Product: Base SAS
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OCTALw.d
Converts positive octal values to integers.
Product: Base SAS
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PDw.d
Reads data that is stored in packed decimal format.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
PDJULGw.
Reads packed Julian date values in the hexadecimal form yyyydddF for IBM.
Product: Base SAS
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PDJULIw.
Reads packed Julian dates in the hexadecimal format ccyydddF for IBM.
Product: Base SAS
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PDTIMEw.
Reads packed decimal time of SMF and RMF records.
Product: Base SAS
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PDw.d
Reads data that is stored in IBM packed decimal format.
Product: Base SAS
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PDw.d
Reads packed decimal data.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
Reads IBM packed decimal data.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
PERCENTw.d
Reads percentages as numeric values.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Formats and Informats: Reference
$PHEXw.
Converts packed hexadecimal data to character data.
Product: Base SAS
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PIBw.d
Reads positive integer binary (fixed-point) values.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
PIBRw.d
Reads positive integer binary (fixed-point) values in Intel and DEC formats.
Product: Base SAS
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PIBw.d
Reads positive integer binary (fixed-point) values.
Product: Base SAS
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PIBw.d
Reads positive integer-binary (fixed-point) values.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
PKw.d
Reads unsigned packed decimal data.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Formats and Informats: Reference
PUNCH.d
Reads whether a row of column-binary data is punched.
Product: Base SAS
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$QUOTEw.
Removes matching quotation marks from character data.
Product: Base SAS
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RBw.d
Reads numeric data that is stored in real binary (floating-point) notation.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
RBw.d
Reads numeric data that is stored in real binary (floating-point) notation.
Product: Base SAS
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RBw.d
Reads real-binary (floating-point) data.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
Reads real binary hexadecimal (floating-point) data.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
$REVERJw.
Reads character data from right to left and preserves blanks.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
$REVERSw.
Reads character data from right to left, and then left aligns the text.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
RMFDURw.
Reads duration intervals of RMF records.
Product: Base SAS
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RMFSTAMPw.
Reads time and date fields of RMF records.
Product: Base SAS
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ROWw.d
Reads a column-binary field down a card column.
Product: Base SAS
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S370FFw.d
Reads EBCDIC numeric data.
Product: Base SAS
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S370FIBUw.d
Reads unsigned integer binary (fixed-point) values in IBM mainframe format.
Product: Base SAS
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S370FIBw.d
Reads integer binary (fixed-point) values, including negative values, in IBM mainframe format.
Product: Base SAS
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S370FPDUw.d
Reads unsigned packed decimal data in IBM mainframe format.
Product: Base SAS
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S370FPDw.d
Reads packed data in IBM mainframe format.
Product: Base SAS
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S370FPIBw.d
Reads positive integer binary (fixed-point) values in IBM mainframe format.
Product: Base SAS
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S370FRBw.d
Reads real binary (floating-point) data in IBM mainframe format.
Product: Base SAS
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S370FZBDw.d
Reads zoned decimal data in which 0s have been left blank.
Product: Base SAS
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S370FZDLw.d
Reads zoned decimal leading-sign data in IBM mainframe format.
Product: Base SAS
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S370FZDSw.d
Reads zoned decimal, separate leading-sign data in IBM mainframe format.
Product: Base SAS
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S370FZDTw.d
Reads zoned decimal, separate trailing-sign data in IBM mainframe format.
Product: Base SAS
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S370FZDUw.d
Reads unsigned zoned decimal data in IBM mainframe format.
Product: Base SAS
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S370FZDw.d
Reads zoned decimal data in IBM mainframe format.
Product: Base SAS
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SHRSTAMPw.
Reads date and time values of SHR records.
Product: Base SAS
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SMFSTAMPw.
Reads time and date values of SMF records.
Product: Base SAS
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STIMERw.
Reads time values and determines whether the values are hours, minutes, or seconds; reads the output of the STIMER system option.
Product: Base SAS
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TIMEw.
Reads hours, minutes, and seconds in the form hh:mm:ss.ss, where special characters such as the colon (:) or the period (.) are used to separate the hours, minutes, and seconds.
Product: Base SAS
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TODSTAMPw.
Reads an 8-byte time-of-day stamp.
Product: Base SAS
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TRAILSGNw.
Reads a trailing plus (+) or minus (–) sign.
Product: Base SAS
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TUw.
Reads timer units.
Product: Base SAS
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$UCS2BEw.
Reads a character string that is in the encoding of the current SAS session and then converts the character string to big-endian, 16-bit, UCS2, Unicode encoding.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
$UCS2Bw.
Reads a character string that is encoded in big-endian, 16-bit, UCS2, Unicode encoding, and then converts the character string to the encoding of the current SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
$UCS2LEw.
Reads a character string that is in the encoding of the current SAS session and then converts the character string to little-endian, 16-bit, UCS2, Unicode encoding.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
$UCS2Lw.
Reads a character string that is encoded in little-endian, 16-bit, UCS2, Unicode encoding, and then converts the character string to the encoding of the current SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
$UCS2XEw.
Reads a character string that is in the encoding of the current SAS session and then converts the character string to 16-bit, UCS2, Unicode encoding.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
$UCS2Xw.
Reads a character string that is encoded in 16-bit, UCS2, Unicode encoding, and then converts the character string to the encoding of the current SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
$UCS4Bw.
Reads a character string that is encoded in big-endian, 32-bit, UCS4, Unicode encoding, and then converts the character string to the encoding of the current SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
$UCS4Lw.
Reads a character string that is encoded in little-endian, 32-bit, UCS4, Unicode encoding, and then converts the character string to the encoding of the current SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
$UCS4XEw.
Reads a character string that is in the encoding of the current SAS session, and then converts the character string to 32-bit, UCS4, Unicode encoding.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
$UCS4Xw.
Reads a character string that is encoded in 32-bit, UCS4, Unicode encoding, and then converts the character string to the encoding of the current SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
$UESCEw.
Reads a character string that is in the encoding of the current SAS session, and then converts the character string to UESC representation.
Product: Base SAS
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$UESCw.
Reads a character string that is encoded in UESC representation, and then converts the character string to the encoding of the current SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
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$UNCREw.
Reads a character string in the encoding of the current SAS session, and then converts the character string to NCR.
Product: Base SAS
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$UNCRw.
Reads an NCR character string, and then converts the character string to the encoding of the current SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
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$UPARENEw.
Reads a character string that is in the encoding of the current SAS session, and then converts the character string to UPAREN representation.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
$UPARENPw.
Reads a character string that is encoded in UPAREN representation, and then converts the character string to the encoding of the current SAS session, with national characters that remain in the encoding of the UPAREN representation.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
$UPARENw.
Reads a character string that is encoded in UPAREN representation, and then converts the character string to the encoding of the current SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
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$UPCASEw.
Converts character data to uppercase.
Product: Base SAS
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$UTF8Xw.
Reads a character string that is encoded in UTF-8, and then converts the character string to the encoding of the current SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
$UUIDw.
Converts a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) to binary data.
Product: Base SAS
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$VARYINGw. length-variable
Reads character data of varying length.
Product: Base SAS
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VAXRBw.d
Reads real binary (floating-point) data in VMS format.
Product: Base SAS
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VMSZNw.d
Reads VMS and MicroFocus COBOL zoned numeric data.
Product: Base SAS
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$VSLOGRw.
Reads a character string that is in visual order, and then converts the character string to right-to-left logical order.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
$VSLOGw.
Reads a character string that is in visual order, and then converts the character string to left-to-right logical order.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
$w.
Reads standard character data.
Product: Base SAS
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w.d
Reads standard numeric data.
Product: Base SAS
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WEEKUw.
Reads a value in the form of a week number within the year and returns a SAS date value by using the U algorithm.
Product: Base SAS
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WEEKVw.
Reads a value in the form of a week number within a year and returns a SAS date value by using the V algorithm.
Product: Base SAS
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WEEKWw.
Reads a value in the form of a week number within the year and returns a SAS date value by using the W algorithm.
Product: Base SAS
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YENw.d
Removes embedded yen signs, commas, and decimal points.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
YMDDTTMw.d
Reads datetime values in the form <yy>yy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.ss, where special characters such as a hyphen (-), period (.), slash (/), or colon (:) are used to separate the year, month, day, hour, minute, and seconds. The year can be either two or four digits.
Product: Base SAS
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YYMMDDw.
Reads date values in the form yymmdd or yyyymmdd.
Product: Base SAS
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YYMMNw.
Reads date values in the form yyyymm or yymm.
Product: Base SAS
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YYQw.
Reads quarters of the year in the form yyQq or yyyyQq.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Formats and Informats: Reference
ZDw.d
Reads zoned decimal data.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
ZDBw.d
Reads zoned decimal data in which zeros have been left blank.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Formats and Informats: Reference
Reads zoned decimal data in which zeros have been left blank.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
ZDVw.d
Reads and validates zoned decimal data.
Product: Base SAS
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ZDw.d
Reads zoned decimal data.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Formats and Informats: Reference
ZDw.d
Reads zoned decimal data.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
Reads zoned-decimal data.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
Last updated: March 30, 2026