PAGESIZE= System Option

Specifies the number of lines that compose a page of the SAS log and SAS output.
Valid in: Configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window
Categories: Log and procedure output control: SAS log and procedure output

Log and procedure output control: SAS log

Log and procedure output control: Procedure output
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= LOG_LISTCONTROL

LISTCONTROL

LOGCONTROL
Alias: PS=
Note: This option cannot be restricted by a site administrator. For more information, see Restricted Options.
See: PAGESIZE System Option: UNIX in SAS Companion for UNIX Environments

PAGESIZE System Option: Windows in SAS Companion for Windows

PAGESIZE= System Option: z/OS in SAS Companion for z/OS
Syntax
Details
See Also

Syntax

PAGESIZE=n | nK | hexX | MIN | MAX

Syntax Description

n | nK
specifies the number of lines that compose a page in terms of lines (n)or units of 1,024 lines (nK).
hexX
specifies the number of lines that compose a page as a hexadecimal number. You must specify the value beginning with a number (0–9), followed by an X. For example, the value 2dx sets the number of lines that compose a page to 45 lines.
MIN
sets the number of lines that compose a page to the minimum setting, 15.
MAX
sets the number of lines that compose a page to the maximum setting, 32,767.

Details

The PAGESIZE= system option affects the following output:
  • the Output window for the ODS LISTING destination
  • the SAS log in batch and non-interactive modes
  • the ODS markup destinations when the PRINT option is used in the FILE statement in a DATA step (the FILE PRINT ODS statement is not affected by the PAGESIZE= system option)
  • procedures that produce characters that cannot be scaled, such as the PLOT procedure, the CALENDAR procedure, the TIMEPLOT procedure, the FORMS procedure, and the CHART procedure

See Also

The SAS Log in SAS Language Reference: Concepts
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