Setting System Options

Overview

If you create your procedure output as LISTING output, you can also control the appearance of your output by setting system options such as
  • line size (the maximum width of the log and output)
  • page size (the number of lines per printed page of output)
  • the display of page numbers
  • the display of date and time.
The above options do not affect the appearance of HTML output.
All SAS system options have default settings that are used unless you specify otherwise. For example, page numbers are automatically displayed in LISTING output (unless your site modifies this default).
LISTING Output Showing Default Settings

Changing System Options

To modify system options in your LISTING output, ...

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