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DBCSLANG

DBCSLANG


Specifies a double-bype character set (DBCS) language

Default: none
Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation
Windows specifics: valid values

Syntax
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Syntax

-DBCSLANG language

language
can be one of these values:

CHINESE
specifies the Chinese language used in the People's Republic of China. This language is known as simplified Chinese.

TAIWANESE
specifies the Chinese language used in Taiwan. This language is known as traditional Chinese.

JAPANESE
specifies the Japanese language.

KATA942
specifies the Japanese language with Katakana using codepage 942.

KOREAN
specifies the Korean language.

NONE
specifies no DBCS language.

UNKNOWN
specifies a language that uses double-byte character sets, but is not supported by SAS. When an invalid language is specified, DBCSLANG is set to UNKNOWN.

Details

The proper setting for the DBCSLANG system option depends on which setting is used for the DBCSTYPE system option. Some of the settings of DBCSTYPE support all of the DBCSLANG languages, while others settings of DBCSTYPE support only Japanese.
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