The change that is made
by the OPTIONS statement remains in effect for the rest of the job,
session, SAS process, or until you issue another OPTIONS statement
to change the options again. You can specify SAS system options through
the OPTIONS statement, through the
OPTIONS window, at SAS invocation, and at the initiation of a SAS process.
Note: If you want a particular
group of options to be in effect for all your SAS jobs or sessions,
store an OPTIONS statement in an autoexec file or list the system
options in a configuration file or custom_option_set.
Note: For a system option with
a null value, the GETOPTION function returns a value of ' ' (single
quotation marks with a blank space between them), for example
EMAILID=' '. This GETOPTION value can then be used
in the OPTIONS statement.
An OPTIONS statement
can appear at any place in a SAS program, except within data lines.
Operating Environment Information: The system options that are available depend on your operating environment.
Also, the syntax that is used to specify a system option in the OPTIONS
statement might be different from the syntax that is used at SAS
invocation. For details, see the SAS documentation for your operating
environment.