topic Re: how to print the special characters in sas log in SAS Programming

how to print the special characters in sas log

ifendo — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 15:16:14 GMT

Hi,

I am trying to use the code in https://www.pharmasug.org/proceedings/2013/CC/PharmaSUG-2013-CC30.pdf

data _null_;
do k=1 to 255;
x=byte(k);
put k+10 x;end;
run;

but in the log, some characters are not displayed correctly.

How to fix this? i tried to change the sas font, but it seems not working.

Only some fonts are available in my SAS9.4

Re: how to print the special characters in sas log

Cynthia_sas — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 15:44:11 GMT

Hi, I recommend NOT writing to the LOG, or the OUTPUT window. Instead make a SAS dataset and use PROC PRINT so you can control the font and specify a UNICODE font for the output. I like the RTF or PDF example because with COLUMNS= it makes a nice 1 page job aid.

cynthia

data special;
do k=1 to 255;
  x=byte(k);
  output;
end;
run;

options rightmargin=.5in leftmargin=.5in center nodate nonumber;
ods html file='c:\temp\showspecial.html';
ods rtf file='c:\temp\showspecial.rtf' columns=8;
ods pdf file='c:\temp\showspecial.pdf' columns=8;
proc print data=special noobs
  style(data)={fontface='Arial Unicode MS'};
  title 'Special Characters in Unicode Font';
run;
ods _all_ close;

Re: how to print the special characters in sas log

ifendo — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 04:50:57 GMT

Thank you very much,Cynthia. Yes, my default output is HTML and the unicode is not an issue to HTML.

But actually sometimes there is a need to investigate the special characters in the log for debuging, such as the nested macro call.

so is there a way to display the special characters correctly in the log? i tried all the currently available fonts in my SAS9.4, but the special characters(like "é") are replaced by a "?" in the log. so can i add some more fonts to my SAS9.4 to support the unicode in the log and how to do that?

Many thanks in advance.

Re: how to print the special characters in sas log

Cynthia_sas — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 22:55:05 GMT

Hi: My guess is that you have to figure out how to change the font in the log for display purposes. That's probably a question for Tech Support.

cynthia