Hallo, I am trying to import a csv file. In this file the first line, the one containing the variables name, contains some names with utf-8 characters. I'm working with SAS 9.4. First try to import the code without considering the special characters using the "wlatin1" encoding. filename P1 "C:\Temp\Test_UTF_8.csv" encoding='wlatin1';
proc import datafile=P1 dbms=csv replace out=raw;
delimiter=';';
run; In this case the code is working but the columns containing the special characters like "ä". When I try to change the encoding using "utf-8" filename P1 "C:\Temp\Test_UTF_8.csv" encoding='utf-8';
proc import datafile=P1 dbms=csv replace out=raw;
delimiter=';';
run; the code is not working and I get the error: ERROR: Invalid string. FATAL: Unrecoverable I/O error detected in the execution of the DATA step program. Aborted during the INITIALIZE EXECUTION phase. Has someone a solution to this problem or can give me an hint where to look. Thanks a lot Paolo In attachment you find the file I'm trying to import and the log file.
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