The behavior of the %SYSGET macro
function is specific to Windows:
returns the character
string that is the value of the Windows environment variable that
is passed as the argument. Both Windows and SAS environment variables
can be translated by using the %SYSGET function. A warning message
is printed if the environment variable does not exist. The %SYSGET
function has the following syntax:
%SYSGET(environment-variable-name);
Here is an example
of using the %SYSGET function:
%let var1=%sysget(comspec);
%put The COMSPEC environment variable is &var1;The following line is written to the SAS log:
The COMSPEC
environment variable is C:\winnt\system\command.exe