MSYMTABMAX=

MSYMTABMAX=

Specifies the maximum amount of memory that is available to the macro variable symbol table(s)

Language element: system option

Default: 51,200 bytes

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

OpenVMS specifics: default; valid values for n

Syntax
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Syntax

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

n | nK | nM | nG: specifies the amount of memory in bytes (n), kilobytes (nK), megabytes (nM), and gigabytes (nG).
MIN: is 0.
MAX: specifies the maximum amount of memory available, which is 2,147,483,647.

Details

Under OpenVMS, the range for the MSYMTABMAX= system option is 0 to 2,147,483,647 bytes. After the MSYMTABMAX value is reached, SAS writes any additional macro variables to disk.

See Also

MSYMTABMAX= system option in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

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Language element:	system option
Default:	51,200 bytes
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, System Options window, VMS_SAS_OPTIONS DCL symbol
OpenVMS specifics:	default; valid values for n