Using the %SYMEXIST function with a long invalid macro variable name (less than the limit of 32 characters) causes the error message to be truncated. For example:

   %put %symexist(a abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz);

The error received is:

   ERROR: Symbolic variable name A ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ must contain only letters, digits,and un

The error should say:

   ERROR: Symbolic variable name A ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ must contain only letters, digits, and underscores.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	z/OS	9.1 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems	9.1 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server	9.1 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server	9.1 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Server	9.1 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional	9.1 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows NT Workstation	9.1 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9.1 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9.1 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9.1 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9.1 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.1 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9.1 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.1 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		HP-UX IPF	9.1 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		Linux	9.1 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		OpenVMS Alpha	9.1 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		Tru64 UNIX	9.1 TS1M0	9.4 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.

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Issuing a long invalid macro variable name to the function %SYMEXIST causes the error message to be truncated.

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	low

Date Modified:	2012-04-24 09:42:19
Date Created:	2012-04-16 09:57:38