specifies an integer
value that represents the maximum number of warnings that this function
writes to the log.
Default
1
Optional Argument
binary-result
specifies an integer
value that indicates whether this function should return a binary
result. Nonzero indicates a binary result should be returned. Zero
indicates that a character result should be returned.
Default
0
Details
Length of Returned Variable in a DATA Step
If the UUIDGEN function
returns a value to a variable that has not previously been assigned
a length, then that variable is given a length of 200 bytes.
The Basics
The UUIDGEN function
returns a UUID (a unique value) for each call. The default result
is 36 characters long and it looks like this: