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Hugo_B
Obsidian | Level 7

Hello,

 

I am using the following code to write a text file;

 

DATA _NULL_;
SET HAVE;
FILE 'pathofthefile/nameofthefile.txt' encoding="utf-8";
IF =_N_=1 THEN PUT 'TITLE OF THE FILE';
RUN;

I check with notepad++ that the file is encoding in UTF-8 with BOM.

I need it to be encode in UTF-8 without BOM

 

Do know if it exists any option to achieve that .

 

Thank You.

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Patrick
Opal | Level 21

@Hugo_B 

Add the following before your data _null_ step:

options nobomfile ;

Found here: https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/How-to-Remove-BOM-from-SAS-Output-in-csv/td-p/207... 

Hugo_B
Obsidian | Level 7

Great It worked. Thank you Patrick.

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