https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-read-Unicode-as-String-in-SAS/m-p/356294#M83536 <P>Add the proper encoding= option in the infile statement. Note that you will need a DBCS (double-byte characters) SAS installed.</P> Fri, 05 May 2017 10:35:11 GMT Kurt_Bremser 2017-05-05T10:35:11Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-read-Unicode-as-String-in-SAS/m-p/356289#M83532 <P>Hello Expert,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Can any one help me to read this kind of data.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Example:</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I have a Desciption column and i have data like below, I want to read data as it as.</P><P>Please tell me how can I do.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Desc</P><P>------------------</P><P>cappointÉÉÉindia</P><P>janaééééématlab</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 05 May 2017 10:05:40 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-read-Unicode-as-String-in-SAS/m-p/356289#M83532 Riteshdell 2017-05-05T10:05:40Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-read-Unicode-as-String-in-SAS/m-p/356294#M83536 <P>Add the proper encoding= option in the infile statement. Note that you will need a DBCS (double-byte characters) SAS installed.</P> Fri, 05 May 2017 10:35:11 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-read-Unicode-as-String-in-SAS/m-p/356294#M83536 Kurt_Bremser 2017-05-05T10:35:11Z