sounds like some form of NLS(national language support) is needed In SAS display manager, examine the menu options solutions/accessories/locale setup A suitable language setting might better tolerate the extended alphabet of your data. Even better if your data were delivered with NLS in mind.

Datum: 03/08/2001 13:28 An: SAS-L@listserv.uga.edu

Antwort an: Dirk M <dirk.mesotten@EMSTAXIPOST.BE>

Betreff: Re: Reading a txt-file with 'squares' (hexadecimal values) Nachrichtentext:

Hi,

All useful codes in themselves, but they didn't solve my problem yet, I've got a txt-file with a square in the var 'name' that always stop reading, try the code below for an exemple:

data _null_; file baddata; put 'GARCIA'; put 'OTT P.'; put 'VAN LAETHEM'; put 'VAN POUCKE'; put 'LIEVENS'; put 'ABRARAY'; run; data a; infile baddata dlm =','; input @; _infile_=left(compbl(translate(_infile_,' ','000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F101112131415161718191A1B1C1D1E1F'x))); informat name $10.; input name;

run; proc print;run;

Regards Dirk

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