Date:         Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:08:46 -0400
Reply-To:     Philip Rack <PhilRack@MINEQUEST.COM>
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From:         Philip Rack <PhilRack@MINEQUEST.COM>
Subject:      Re: European Punctuation Marks in Raw Data
Comments: To: Deborah Testa <dtesta@SEVENOFNINESYSTEMS.COM>
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Deborah,

Take a look at:
http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi28/281-28.pdf

Phil

Philip Rack
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-----Original Message-----
From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Deborah
Testa
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 2:38 PM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: European Punctuation Marks in Raw Data

Hello,



I am processing data in the United States.  The data comes to me from
Italy in .csv files.  The data contains values like these:



"Attività fisica praticata",

"Test di Fagerström",



The non-English punctuation marks result in garbled data when I use PROC
IMPORT to get the data into SAS.  In SAS, I see:



Attività fisica praticata

Test di Fagerström



Is there a way I can read the data accurately using PROC IMPORT?



Thanks,



Deborah