Hello,
Can you please suggest if there is a way to convert UTF-8 encoded XPT file into SAS dataset in WLATIN1 SAS 9.4 environment. I have tried many options like ENCODING=ANY . But nothing worked. I encountered below log issue.
I understand UTF-8 is a MBCS where as WALTIN1 is Single Byte Character Set (SBCS). I understand we can change the configuration to UTF-8 to use MBCS data. But is there a way to do this without changing the environment of SAS to read into file.
Thank you much!
Swathi
This was just asked recently.
It matters a lot what type of file your "XPT" file is. The XPT extension has no fixed definition. SAS can create V5 XPORT files using the XPORT libref engine. It can make CPORT files using PROC CPORT. You can even now make a modified/enhanced version of the XPORT file format that supports V7/V8/V9 enhancements to the SAS dataset by using the SAS supplied %LOC2XPT() macro.
So what type of file do you have? If you don't know you can use this macro to test your file:
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