FORMDLIM= System Option

Specifies a character to delimit page breaks in SAS output for the LISTING destination.
Valid in: Configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window
Category: Log and procedure output control: Procedure output
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= LISTCONTROL
Note: This option can be restricted by a site administrator. For more information, see Restricted Options.

Syntax

Syntax Description

'delimiting-character'
specifies in quotation marks a character written to delimit pages. Normally, the delimit character is null, as in this statement:
options formdlim='';

Details

When the delimit character is null, a new physical page starts whenever a new page occurs. However, you can conserve paper by allowing multiple pages of output to appear on the same page. For example, this statement writes a line of hyphens (- -) where normally a page break would occur:
options formdlim='-';
When a new page is to begin, SAS skips a single line, writes a line consisting of the hyphens that are repeated across the page, and skips another single line. There is no skip to the top of a new physical page. Resetting FORMDLIM= to null causes physical pages to be written normally again.