SAS System Options

PAGESIZE= System Option

Specifies the number of lines that compose a page of SAS output.

Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window
Alias:	PS=
Category:	Log and procedure output control: SAS log and procedure output
	Log and procedure output control: SAS log
	Log and procedure output control: Procedure output
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	LOG_LISTCONTROL
	LISTCONTROL
	LOGCONTROL
See:	PAGESIZE= System Option under Windows UNIX OpenVMS z/OS

Syntax
Syntax Description
Details
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Syntax

PAGESIZE=n| nK | hexX | MIN | MAX

Syntax Description

n | nK: specifies the number of lines that compose a page in terms of lines (n)or units of 1,024 lines (nK).
hex: specifies the number of lines that compose a page as a hexadecimal number. You must specify the value beginning with a number (0-9), followed by an X. For example, the value 2dx sets the number of lines that compose a page to 45 lines.
MIN: sets the number of lines that compose a page to the minimum setting, 15.
MAX: sets the number of lines that compose a page to the maximum setting, 32,767.

Operating Environment Information: The syntax that is shown here applies to the OPTIONS statement. On the command line or in a configuration file, valid values and range vary with your operating environment. For details, see the SAS documentation for your operating environment. [cautionend]

Details

The PAGESIZE= system option affects the following output:

the Output window for the ODS LISTING destination
the ODS markup destinations when the PRINT option is used in the FILE statement in a DATA step (the FILE PRINT ODS statement is not affected by the PAGESIZE= system option)
procedures that produce characters that cannot be scaled, such as the PLOT procedure, the CALENDAR procedure, the TIMEPLOT procedure, the FORMS procedure, and the CHART procedure