Specifies or changes the value of one or more SAS system options.
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anywhere
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Category: |
Program Control
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See: |
OPTIONS Statement
under z/OS
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option
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specifies one or more SAS system options
to be changed.
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. ![[cautionend]](../../../../common/63294/HTML/default/images/cautend.gif)
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. ![[cautionend]](../../../../common/63294/HTML/default/images/cautend.gif)
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. ![[cautionend]](../../../../common/63294/HTML/default/images/cautend.gif)
The OPTIONS statement requires you to
enter the complete statement including system option name and value, if necessary.
The SAS OPTIONS window displays the options' names and settings in columns.
To change a setting, type over the value that is displayed and press ENTER
or RETURN.
This example suppresses the
date that is normally written
to SAS output and sets a line size of 72:
options nodate linesize=72;
Definition of System Options
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