Date:         Thu, 5 Jan 2006 13:59:50 -0800
Reply-To:     David L Cassell <davidlcassell@MSN.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         David L Cassell <davidlcassell@MSN.COM>
Subject:      Re: Can somebody tell me where the "How option value set:" is
              stored?
In-Reply-To:  <200601050952.k055YL86001812@mailgw.cc.uga.edu>
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dhandapani.appavoo@GMAIL.COM helpfully replied:
>You should not use "PROC"  before "OPTIONS" statement.
>
>It is just (for eg):
>OPTIONS linesize =80;
>
>Note also that OPTIONS statement will work only in that sessions.  If
>you want set few options every time you run SAS, you have to put
>options statements in autoexec.sas.  Usually, I define my definitions
>of my permanent dataset in autoexec.sas using libname.

That certainly used to be true.  If someone has a site still running SAS 6.x
this
advice is important.

SAS now has a PROC OPTIONS that is chock full of utility.  I highly
recommend
playing with it to learn some of the niftiness under the hood.

HTH,
David
--
David L. Cassell
mathematical statistician
Design Pathways
3115 NW Norwood Pl.
Corvallis OR 97330

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