How Do I Get a Pound (£) Symbol in my SAS Output Within SAS® 8 and SAS®9?

Although SAS does not have a standard pound format, there are a number of different ways to get the pound (£) symbol in your SAS output depending on the version of SAS you are running.

SAS® 8

1. Using a custom picture format.

Proc format; 
picture sterling 
low -<0="000,009.99" (prefix='-£') 
0 - high= "000,009.99" (prefix='£');
run;
proc print data=sashelp.class;
format weight sterling.;
run;

2. Using the debug option along with a Euro format.

options debug='Euro=A3';
proc print data=sashelp.class;
format height Euro10.2;
run;

For information on determining hex characters please have a look at the following HINTS & TIPS.
http://www.sas.com/offices/europe/uk/newsletter/feature/5oct_nov03/ht1.html

Although the SAS® 8 examples will also work within SAS®9, a new option LOCALE has been added to SAS®9 to pick up locale settings. A locale reflects the language, local conventions such as data formatting, and culture for a geographical region. Local conventions may include specific formatting rules for dates, times, and numbers and a currency symbol for the country or region. Collating sequence, paper size, postal addresses, and telephone numbers can also be included in locale.

Within SAS Options, Tools ' Options ' System ' Environment control ' Language control. Within the configuration file SASv9.cfg, by altering the following line: -LOCALE "EN_GB" Within SAS code, use an options statement as in the following example.

Options locale=EN_GB;
data _null_;
X=15.20;
put X=nlmny15.2;
put X=nlmnyi15.2;
run;