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DBCS

DBCS



Recognizes double-byte character sets (DBCS)

Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation
Language element: system option
Default: none
OpenVMS specifics:


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

In addition to supporting languages such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, you can use DBCS to convert lowercase variable values into uppercase.

See Also

System Options:
DBCSLANG
DBCSTYPE=


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