topic The use of special characters in SAS code and DI Studio in SAS Data Management https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/The-use-of-special-characters-in-SAS-code-and-DI-Studio/m-p/86562#M851 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It's a bit unclear to me where in SAS code I can use special character without problems, and where I need to avoid it. By special characters I mean for example certain letters from the Norwegian alphabet, such as Æ, Ø, and Å. I assume it's a good rule of thumb to avoid using them in variable names, and to instead use them in labels? How about using special characters in transformation names and table names while working in DI Studio?</P><P></P><P>Thanks for your time.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 05 Oct 2012 07:58:11 GMT EinarRoed 2012-10-05T07:58:11Z The use of special characters in SAS code and DI Studio https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/The-use-of-special-characters-in-SAS-code-and-DI-Studio/m-p/86562#M851 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It's a bit unclear to me where in SAS code I can use special character without problems, and where I need to avoid it. By special characters I mean for example certain letters from the Norwegian alphabet, such as Æ, Ø, and Å. I assume it's a good rule of thumb to avoid using them in variable names, and to instead use them in labels? How about using special characters in transformation names and table names while working in DI Studio?</P><P></P><P>Thanks for your time.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 05 Oct 2012 07:58:11 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/The-use-of-special-characters-in-SAS-code-and-DI-Studio/m-p/86562#M851 EinarRoed 2012-10-05T07:58:11Z Re: The use of special characters in SAS code and DI Studio https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/The-use-of-special-characters-in-SAS-code-and-DI-Studio/m-p/86563#M852 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You can use special characters in table and column names, and DIS should enclose those names with n literal.</P><P>Maybe I'm a bit conservative, or afraid of the future, but I try to avoid this anyway.</P><P>Transformation names, they are just labels in the metadata and you should be able to use any character you want. The same goes for the table metadata name, if you wish to differ these from the physical name.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 05 Oct 2012 08:11:43 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/The-use-of-special-characters-in-SAS-code-and-DI-Studio/m-p/86563#M852 LinusH 2012-10-05T08:11:43Z