A long quoted string used within the SAS macro facility incorrectly generates one of the following warning messages:

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

   WARNING: The quoted string currently being processed has become more
   than 262 bytes long.  You might have unbalanced quotation marks.

A return code of zero (0) is correctly generated. A note should be generated instead of a warning message.

See Usage Note 888, "A literal string that is longer than 262 characters generates a warning message", about a related issue.

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Operating System and Release Information

A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M3 is available at:

A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M1 is available at:

A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.3_M2 is available at: