SAS System Options |
Valid in: | configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window |
Category: | Environment control: Error handling |
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= | ERRORHANDLING |
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Syntax Description | |
Details |
Syntax |
QUOTELENMAX | NOQUOTELENMAX |
specifies that SAS write a warning message to the SAS log about the maximum length for strings in quotation marks.
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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