If a quoted string exceeds the maximum length allowed, specifies
whether SAS writes a warning message to the SAS log.
Valid in: |
configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS
statement, SAS System Options window
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Category: |
Environment control: Error handling
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PROC OPTIONS GROUP= |
ERRORHANDLING
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QUOTELENMAX | NOQUOTELENMAX
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QUOTELENMAX
-
specifies that SAS write a warning message
to the SAS log about the maximum length for strings in quotation marks.
-
NOQUOTELENMAX
-
specifies that SAS does not write a warning
message to the SAS log about the maximum length for strings in quotation marks.
If a string in quotation marks is too
long, SAS writes the following warning to the SAS log:
WARNING 32-169: The quoted string currently being processed has become
more than 262 characters long. You may have unbalanced
quotation marks.
If you are running a program that has long strings in
quotation marks, and you do not want to see this warning, use the NOQUOTELENMAX
system option to turn off the warning.
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