SORTCUTP=

SORTCUTP=

Specifies the number of bytes above which the host sort utility is used instead of the SAS sort program

Default: 4M

Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, OPTIONS window

Category: Sort: SORT

OS/390 specifics: all

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Syntax

SORTCUTP=n | nK | nM | nG | MAX | MIN | hexX

n | nK | nM | nG: specifies the value of SORTCUTP= in bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, or gigabytes, respectively.
MIN: sets SORTCUTP= to 0.
MAX: sets SORTCUTP= to 2,147,483,647 bytes
hexX: specifies SORTCUTP= as a hexadecimal number of bytes.

Details

The SORTCUTP= option specifies the number of bytes (or kilobytes, megabytes, or gigabytes) above which the external host sort utility is used instead of the SAS sort program, if SORTPGM=BEST is in effect.

The following equation computes the number of bytes to be sorted:

number-of-bytes=((length-of-obs)+(length-of-all-keys))*number-of-obs

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Default:	4M
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, OPTIONS window
Category:	Sort: SORT
OS/390 specifics:	all