MVARSIZE System Option: UNIX
Specifies the maximum size for in-memory macro variables.
| Valid in: |
configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS
System Options window, SASV9_OPTIONS environment variable
|
| Category: |
Macro: SAS macro |
| PROC OPTIONS GROUP= |
MACRO |
| Default: |
32K (set in the installed !SASROOT/sasv9.cfg file) |
| UNIX specifics: |
default value |
| See: |
MVARSIZE System Option in SAS Macro Language: Reference |
Syntax
-MVARSIZE n | nK
| nM | nG
| hexX | MIN |
MAX
MVARSIZE=n | nK
| nM | nG
| hexX | MIN |
MAX
Required Arguments
- n | nK
| nM | nG
-
specifies the maximum
macro variable size in multiples of 1 (bytes); 1,024 (kilobytes);
1,048,576 (megabytes); or 1,073,741,824 (gigabytes). You can specify
decimal values for the number of kilobytes, megabytes, or gigabytes.
For example, a value of 8 specifies 8 bytes,
a value of .782k specifies 801 bytes, and
a value of 3m specifies 3,145,728 bytes.
- hexX
-
specifies the maximum
macro variable size as a hexadecimal value. You must specify the value
beginning with a number (0–9), followed by hexadecimal characters
(0–9, A–F), and then followed by an X. For example, 2dx sets
the maximum macro variable size to 45 bytes.
- MIN
-
sets the macro variable
size to the minimum setting, which is 0 bytes. Setting the macro variable
size to the minimum setting causes all macro variable values to be
written to disk.
- MAX
-
sets the macro variable
size to the maximum setting, which is 65,534 bytes.