Specifies a character to delimit page breaks in SAS output.
| Valid in: |
configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS
statement, SAS System Options window
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| Category: |
Log and procedure output control: Procedure
output
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| PROC OPTIONS GROUP= |
LISTCONTROL
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FORMDLIM='delimiting-character'
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'delimiting-character'
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specifies in quotation marks a character
written to delimit pages. Normally, the delimit character is null, as in this
statement:
options formdlim='';
When the delimit character is null, a
new physical page starts whenever a new page occurs. However, you can conserve
paper by allowing multiple pages of output to appear on the same page. For
example, this statement writes a line of dashes (- -) where normally a page
break would occur:
options formdlim='-';
When a new page is to begin, SAS skips a single line,
writes a line consisting of the dashes that are repeated across the page,
and skips another single line. There is no skip to the top of a new physical
page. Resetting FORMDLIM= to null causes physical pages to be written normally
again.
Operating Environment Information: The syntax that is
shown here applies to the OPTIONS statement. On the command line or in a configuration
file, the syntax is specific to your operating environment. For details, see
the SAS documentation for your operating environment. ![[cautionend]](../../../../common/63294/HTML/default/images/cautend.gif)
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