CHARCODE

CHARCODE

Determines whether character combinations are substituted for special characters that are not on the keyboard

Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, Systems Options window

Category: Environment control: Display

PROC OPTIONS GROUP= ENVDISPLAY

Syntax
Syntax Description
Details
Examples

Syntax

CHARCODE | NOCHARCODE

Syntax Description

CHARCODE: allows certain character combinations to be substituted for special characters that may not be on your keyboard.
NOCHARCODE: does not allow substitutions for certain keyboard characters.

Details

If you do not have the following symbols on your keyboard, you can use these character combinations to create the symbols that you need when CHARCODE is active:

To create: Use:

backquote (`) ?:

backslash (\) ?,

left brace ({) ?(

right brace (}) ?)

logical not sign (¬ or ^) ?=

left square bracket ([) ?<

right square bracket (]) ?>

underscore (_) ?-

vertical bar (|) ?/

Examples

This statement produces the output [TEST TITLE]:

title '?<TEST TITLE?>';

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Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, Systems Options window
Category:	Environment control: Display
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	ENVDISPLAY

To create:	Use:
backquote (`)	?:
backslash (\)	?,
left brace ({)	?(
right brace (})	?)
logical not sign (¬ or ^)	?=
left square bracket ([)	?<
right square bracket (])	?>
underscore (_)	?-
vertical bar (\|)	?/