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SAS System Options

QUOTELENMAX System Option



If a quoted string exceeds the maximum length allowed, specifies whether SAS writes a warning message to the SAS log.
Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window
Category: Environment control: Error handling
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= ERRORHANDLING

Syntax
Syntax Description
Details

Syntax

QUOTELENMAX | NOQUOTELENMAX


Syntax Description

QUOTELENMAX

specifies that SAS write a warning message to the SAS log about the maximum length for strings in quotation marks.

NOQUOTELENMAX

specifies that SAS does not write a warning message to the SAS log about the maximum length for strings in quotation marks.


Details

If a string in quotation marks is too long, SAS writes the following warning to the SAS log:

WARNING 32-169: The quoted string currently being processed has become
                more than 262 characters long.  You may have unbalanced 
                quotation marks. 

If you are running a program that has long strings in quotation marks, and you do not want to see this warning, use the NOQUOTELENMAX system option to turn off the warning.

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