SAS System Options

Options Statement

• Use the OPTIONS statement to change SAS system options.
• The change(s) will remain in effect for the rest of the job/session or until changed again.
• The OPTIONS statement can appear at any place in a program, except within a data step or procedure.

Frequently Used Options...
• LINESIZE= n and PAGESIZE= n
  • Affect the printer line width and number of lines printed per page for log and output files.
  • In windowing environment, check the print setup for printer maximums.
  • For special printer friendly output, use:
    
    

        options linesize= 88 pagesize= 64;  ** portrait **; 
     
        options linesize= 179 pagesize= 65; ** landscape **;

    and then run the program in batch.



• PAGENO= n will start the output file at page number n.
  
  

        options pageno= 1 linesize= 90 pagesize= 55;

  
  

Some Other Options...
• NONUMBER removes the page numbers from the output file.
• NODATE removes the date and time from the output window or lst file.
• NOCENTER left justifies the output file.
• SKIP= n will tell SAS to skip n lines before printing on a page.
• MISSING= 'character' specifies the character for SAS to use for missing numeric values.