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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
OS/2 specifics: Valid values and syntax for characters

Syntax
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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.
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