DBCSLANG

DBCSLANG

Specifies a double-byte character set (DBCS) language

Language element: system option

Alias: DBLANG

Default: none

Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation, VMS_SAS_OPTIONS DCL symbol

OpenVMS specifics: valid values for language; syntax

Syntax
Details
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Syntax

DBCSLANG=language

language

specifies a double-byte character set (DBCS) language. The value for language can be one of the following:

CHINESE: specifies the language used in the People's Republic of China. This language is known as simplified Chinese.
JAPANESE: specifies the Japanese language.
KOREAN: specifies the Korean language.
TAIWANESE: specifies the Chinese language used in Taiwan. This language is known as traditional Chinese.
UNKNOWN: specifies a language that uses double-byte character sets but is not supported by SAS. When an invalid value is specified, the DBCSLANG= system option defaults to UNKNOWN. Usually, this value is not explicitly set by the user.

Details

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

In Version 8, if you specify the DBCSLANG= system option when you invoke the SAS System or in a configuration file, you can also use the command-line alias, DBLANG.

See Also

System option: DBCSTYPE=

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Language element:	system option
Alias:	DBLANG
Default:	none
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, VMS_SAS_OPTIONS DCL symbol
OpenVMS specifics:	valid values for language; syntax