DBCS

DBCS

Enables double-byte character support

Default: NODBCS

Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation

Category: Environment Control: LANGUAGECONTROL

OS/390 specifics: all

Syntax
Details
See Also

Syntax

DBCS | NODBCS

DBCS: uses two bytes for each character in the set.
NODBCS: does not use two bytes for each character in the set.

Details

DBCS indicates that all text, input, output, and data should be processed as if it is encoded in a double-byte character set. Double-byte character sets are used to represent text written in languages other than English.

See Also

DBCSLANG=
DBCSTYPE=

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Default:	NODBCS
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation
Category:	Environment Control: LANGUAGECONTROL
OS/390 specifics:	all