Problem Note 42172: Function names longer than 16 characters fail when using %SYSFUNC
FCMP can be used to write your own SAS functions, up to 32 characters long.
If a function larger than 16 characters is used within %SYSFUNC the following
error will be generated:
ERROR: The longfunctioname11 function referenced in the
%SYSFUNC or %QSYSFUNC macro function is not found.
This is fixed in SAS 9.3. The only circumvention prior to SAS 9.3
is to use function names less than or equal to 16 characters.
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows Vista | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| HP-UX IPF | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Linux | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Linux for x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| OpenVMS on HP Integrity | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Solaris for x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
*
For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed
Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be
fixed.
Using FCMP to create function names longer than 16 characters return an error is used within %SYSFUNC.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | low |
| Topic: | SAS Reference ==> Procedures ==> FCMP
SAS Reference ==> Functions ==> Functions
SAS Reference ==> Macro
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| Date Modified: | 2011-01-24 13:51:54 |
| Date Created: | 2011-01-24 12:28:48 |
