SYSPARM System Option: Windows

Specifies a character string that can be passed to SAS programs.
Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window
Category: Environment control: Files
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= ENVFILES
Default: none
Windows specifics: Valid values and syntax for characters
See: in SAS Macro Language: Reference
Syntax
Details

Syntax

-SYSPARM <“> characters<”>
SYSPARM=<“> characters<”>

Required Arguments

characters
writes the character string in all uppercase.
“characters”
preserves the case of the character string.

Details

The SYSPARM system option specifies a character string that can be passed to SAS programs.
The character string specified can be accessed in a SAS DATA step by the SYSPARM() function or anywhere in a SAS program by using the automatic macro variable referenced by &SYSPARM.
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