SYSVER Automatic Macro Variable

Contains the release number of SAS software that is running.
Type: Automatic macro variable (read only)
See: SYSVLONG Automatic Macro Variable and SYSVLONG4 Automatic Macro Variable
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SYSVER provides the release number of the SAS software that is running. You can use SYSVER to check for the release of SAS before running a job with newer features.

Example: Identifying SAS Software Release

The following statement displays the release number of a user's SAS software. 
%put I am using release: &sysver;
Submitting this statement (for a user of SAS 9.2) writes the following to the SAS log: 
I am using release: 9.2
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