SYSPARM

SYSPARM

Specifies a character string that can be passed to SAS programs

Default: None

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

Windows specifics: Valid values and syntax for characters

Syntax
Details
See Also

Syntax

-SYSPARM <">characters<">

characters: writes the character string in all uppercase.
"characters": preserves the case of the character string.

Details

The SYSPARM system option specifies a character string that can be passed to SAS programs.

The character string specified can be accessed in a SAS DATA step by the SYSPARM() function or anywhere in a SAS program by using the automatic macro variable referenced by &SYSPARM.

See Also

SYSPARM system option in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

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Default:	None
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window
Windows specifics:	Valid values and syntax for characters