Date:         Wed, 20 Mar 1996 14:43:31 -0500
Reply-To:     Steve Light <lights@DATACEUTICS.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Steve Light <lights@DATACEUTICS.COM>
Subject:      Re: capturing line size, page lengt
Comments: To: John Iwaniszek <johni@BRINC.USA.COM>

John:
 
You can use proc sql and dictionary.options to get any sas system option
setting.
 
for example this code creates a table with the setting for SASAUTOS.
 
   PROC SQL;
     CREATE TABLE OPTS AS
       SELECT setting
       FROM DICTIONARY.OPTIONS
       WHERE OPTNAME='SASAUTOS';
 
The only thing is to make sure the option name is exactly right. You can
check dictionary.options to see how your options are named in the optname
column.
 
Steve
lights@dataceutics.com
 
At 01:24 PM 3/20/96 -0500, John Iwaniszek wrote:
>Does anyone know how to retrieve the line size and page length values ?
>I would like to capture these values and place them in macro variables so
>they can be used in later processes.  I need a general, zero maintenance
>method of doing this.
>
>John
>
>