SET=

SET=

Defines an environment variable

Default: none

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

CMS specifics: all

Syntax
Details
See Also

Syntax

SET='<group>variable=value'

group: specifies an optional logical group of CMS environment variables. The default group is SAS.
variable: specifies the name of the CMS environment variable.
value: specifies the value of the CMS environment variable.

Details

Environment variables for CMS SAS are saved in the GLOBALV SAS group. The duration of the CMS environment variables that are set by SAS depends on the next IPL.

The following example assigns a CMS environment variable to the GLOBALV MYGROUP group, executes an X statement to set a second environment variable in the same group and uses SYSGET functions to fetch the values:

options set='mygroup myvar=myvalue';
x 'globalv select mygroup set var2 xstatement';

data _null_;
   x=sysget('mygroup myvar');
   put x=;
   y="%sysget(mygroup var2)";
   put y=;
run;

The SAS log shows:

x=myvalue
y=XSTATEMENT

See Also

Accessing System Variables
%SYSGET in Macro Functions
X statement in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

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Default:	none
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, OPTIONS window
CMS specifics:	all