Processes a character string that is in the encoding
of the current SAS session, and then writes the character string in
native-endian, 16-bit, UCS2, Unicode encoding.
specifies the width
of the output field. Specify enough width to accommodate the 16-bit
size of the Unicode characters.
Default:8
Range:2–32767
Details
The $UCS2Xw. format writes a character string in 16-bit,
UCS2 (universal character set code in two octets), Unicode encoding,
by using byte order that is native to the operating environment.
Comparisons
The $UCS2Xw. format performs processing that is the opposite
of the $UCS2XEw. format. If
you are exchanging data within the same operating environment, use
the $UCS2Xw. format. If you
are exchanging data with a different operating environment, use the
$UCS2Bw. format or $UCS2Lw. format.
Example
This example uses the
Japanese Shift_JIS session encoding, which is supported under the
UNIX operating environment.
