ODS Graphics Template Modification
Unicode and Special Characters
The following steps illustrate Unicode specifications for a number of commonly used characters and create Output 25.2.6 and Output 25.2.7, which are charts of Unicode characters:
%let l = halign=left;
proc template;
define statgraph class;
begingraph / designheight=640px designwidth=520px;
layout overlay / xaxisopts=(display=none) yaxisopts=(display=none);
layout gridded / columns=3 autoalign=(topleft);
entry &l textattrs=(weight=bold) 'Description';
entry &l textattrs=(weight=bold) 'Displayed';
entry &l textattrs=(weight=bold) "Unicode";
entry &l 'R Square';
entry &l 'R' {sup '2'};
entry &l "'R' {sup '2'}";
entry &l 'y hat sub i';
entry &l 'y' {unicode hat}{sub 'i'};
entry &l "'y' {unicode hat}{sub 'i'}";
entry &l 'plus or minus';
entry &l '7 ' {unicode '00B1'x} ' 2';
entry &l "'7 ' {unicode '00B1'x} ' 2'";
entry &l 'not equal to ';
entry &l 'a ' {unicode '2260'x} ' b';
entry &l "'a ' {unicode '2260'x} ' b'";
entry &l 'less than or equal ';
entry &l 'a ' {unicode '2264'x} ' b';
entry &l "'a ' {unicode '2264'x} ' b'";
entry &l 'greater than or equal ';
entry &l 'b ' {unicode '2265'x} ' a';
entry &l "'b ' {unicode '2265'x} ' a'";
entry &l 'almost equal';
entry &l 'a ' {unicode '2248'x} ' b';
entry &l "'a ' {unicode '2248'x} ' b'";
entry &l 'infinity';
entry &l {unicode '221e'x};
entry &l "{unicode '221e'x}";
entry &l 'combining tilde';
entry &l 'El nin' {unicode tilde} 'o';
entry &l "'El nin' {unicode tilde} 'o'";
entry &l 'grave accent';
entry &l 'cre' {unicode '0300'x} 'me';
entry &l "'cre' {unicode '0300'x} 'me'";
entry &l 'circumflex, acute accent ';
entry &l 'bru' {unicode '0302'x} 'le' {unicode '0301'x} 'e';
entry &l "'bru' {unicode '0302'x} 'le' {unicode '0301'x} 'e'";
entry &l 'degree sign';
entry &l '90' {unicode '00B0'x} ' angle';
entry &l "'90' {unicode '00B0'x} ' angle'";
entry &l 'euro sign';
entry &l {unicode '20AC'x} '100';
entry &l "{unicode '20AC'x} '100'";
entry &l 'cent sign';
entry &l '25' {unicode '00A2'x};
entry &l "'25' {unicode '00A2'x}";
entry &l 'copyright';
entry &l {unicode '00a9'x};
entry &l "{unicode '00a9'x}";
entry &l 'bullet';
entry &l {unicode '2022'x};
entry &l "{unicode '2022'x}";
entry &l 'alpha';
entry &l {unicode alpha} ' ' {unicode alpha_u};
entry &l "{unicode alpha} ' ' {unicode alpha_u}";
entry &l 'beta';
entry &l {unicode beta} ' ' {unicode beta_u};
entry &l "{unicode beta} ' ' {unicode beta_u}";
entry &l 'gamma';
entry &l {unicode gamma} ' ' {unicode gamma_u};
entry &l "{unicode gamma} ' ' {unicode gamma_u}";
entry &l 'delta';
entry &l {unicode delta} ' ' {unicode delta_u};
entry &l "{unicode delta} ' ' {unicode delta_u}";
entry &l 'epsilon';
entry &l {unicode epsilon} ' ' {unicode epsilon_u};
entry &l "{unicode epsilon} ' ' {unicode epsilon_u}";
entry &l 'zeta';
entry &l {unicode zeta} ' ' {unicode zeta_u};
entry &l "{unicode zeta} ' ' {unicode zeta_u}";
entry &l 'eta';
entry &l {unicode eta} ' ' {unicode eta_u};
entry &l "{unicode eta} ' ' {unicode eta_u}";
entry &l 'theta';
entry &l {unicode theta} ' ' {unicode theta_u};
entry &l "{unicode theta} ' ' {unicode theta_u}";
entry &l 'iota';
entry &l {unicode iota} ' ' {unicode iota_u};
entry &l "{unicode iota} ' ' {unicode iota_u}";
entry &l 'kappa';
entry &l {unicode kappa} ' ' {unicode kappa_u};
entry &l "{unicode kappa} ' ' {unicode kappa_u}";
entry &l 'lambda';
entry &l {unicode lambda} ' ' {unicode lambda_u};
entry &l "{unicode lambda} ' ' {unicode lambda_u}";
entry &l 'mu';
entry &l {unicode mu} ' ' {unicode mu_u};
entry &l "{unicode mu} ' ' {unicode mu_u}";
entry &l 'nu';
entry &l {unicode nu} ' ' {unicode nu_u};
entry &l "{unicode nu} ' ' {unicode nu_u}";
entry &l 'xi';
entry &l {unicode xi} ' ' {unicode xi_u};
entry &l "{unicode xi} ' ' {unicode xi_u}";
entry &l 'omicron';
entry &l {unicode omicron} ' ' {unicode omicron_u};
entry &l "{unicode omicron} ' ' {unicode omicron_u}";
entry &l 'pi';
entry &l {unicode pi} ' ' {unicode pi_u};
entry &l "{unicode pi} ' ' {unicode pi_u}";
entry &l 'rho';
entry &l {unicode rho} ' ' {unicode rho_u};
entry &l "{unicode rho} ' ' {unicode rho_u}";
entry &l 'sigma';
entry &l {unicode sigma} ' ' {unicode sigma_u};
entry &l "{unicode sigma} ' ' {unicode sigma_u}";
entry &l 'tau';
entry &l {unicode tau} ' ' {unicode tau_u};
entry &l "{unicode tau} ' ' {unicode tau_u}";
entry &l 'upsilon';
entry &l {unicode upsilon} ' ' {unicode upsilon_u};
entry &l "{unicode upsilon} ' ' {unicode upsilon_u}";
entry &l 'phi';
entry &l {unicode phi} ' ' {unicode phi_u};
entry &l "{unicode phi} ' ' {unicode phi_u}";
entry &l 'chi';
entry &l {unicode chi} ' ' {unicode chi_u};
entry &l "{unicode chi} ' ' {unicode chi_u}";
entry &l 'psi';
entry &l {unicode psi} ' ' {unicode psi_u};
entry &l "{unicode psi} ' ' {unicode psi_u}";
entry &l 'omega';
entry &l {unicode omega} ' ' {unicode omega_u};
entry &l "{unicode omega} ' ' {unicode omega_u}";
endlayout;
scatterplot y=weight x=height / markerattrs=(size=0);
endlayout;
endgraph;
end;
run;
proc sgrender data=sashelp.class template=class;
run;
%let sym = ArrowDown Asterisk Circle CircleFilled Diamond DiamondFilled
GreaterThan Hash IBeam Plus Square SquareFilled Star StarFilled
Tack Tilde Triangle TriangleFilled Union X Y Z;
%let uni = 2193 002A 25cb 25cf 25c7 2666 003e 0023 2336 002b 25a1 25a0 2606
2605 22a4 223c 25b3 25b2 222a 0058 0059 005a;
data x;
retain fmtname '$markers' x1 0 x2 0.1 x3 1 x4 0.9;
length m $ 20 u $ 4 l label $ 30;
do y = 1 to 22;
m = scan("&sym", y);
u = scan("&uni", y);
l = cat("{unicode '", u, "'x}");
label = catt('(*ESC*)', l);
start = m;
output;
end;
run;
proc format cntlin=x;
run;
ods graphics on / attrpriority=none width=3in height=4in;
proc sgplot data=x noautolegend;
title justify=left ' Markers' justify=right 'Unicode Characters';
styleattrs datasymbols=(&sym) datacontrastcolors=(black);
scatter x=x1 y=y / group=m;
text x=x2 y=y text=m / position=right;
scatter x=x3 y=y / markerchar=start
markercharattrs=(size=9 family='Arial Unicode MS');
text x=x4 y=y text=l / position=right;
format start $markers.;
xaxis display=none offsetmin=0.05 offsetmax=0.27;
yaxis display=none offsetmin=0.01 offsetmax=0.05 reverse;
run;
ods graphics on / reset=all;
title;
Output 25.2.6: Commonly Used Unicode and Special Characters
Output 25.2.7: Markers and Unicode Specifications
The Unicode Consortium http://unicode.org/ provides a list of character codes at
http://www.unicode.org/charts/charindex.html.
The following rules apply to Unicode and special character specifications in ODS graphics:
Each character can be specified by looking up its code and specifying it as a hexadecimal constant. Example:
unicode ’221e’x
. Lower case Greek letters can be specified by using names instead of hexadecimal constants. Example:
unicode alpha. Upper case Greek letters can be specified by using names followed by
_uinstead of a hexadecimal constants. Example:unicode alpha_u. Superscript and subscript have special abbreviations. Examples:
sup 2 and sub 2. The
supandsubspecifications must not appear escaped and in quotes in the GTL. They must appear outside of quotes.Some characters overprint the character that comes before. Example:
’El nin’tilde ’o’, which is equivalent to’El nin’unicode ’0303’x ’o’creates 'El niño'.Specifications inside quotes are escaped. Example:
"(*ESC*)unicode beta".Specifications outside quotes are not escaped. Example:
unicode beta.
Last updated: March 08, 2022