Date:         Tue, 12 Aug 1997 15:18:25 -0400
Reply-To:     westerlu@delphi.kodak.com
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Earl Westerlund <earlw@KODAK.COM>
Organization: Eastman Kodak Company
Subject:      Re: limit on SAS macro variable!
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> Angelo Tinazzi wrote:
> >
> > Dear SAS-L:
> >
> > do you know waht's the limit of a SAS macro variable? I means
> > the number of chars it can contais?
> >
>
> Angelo,
>
>     Last time I checked the limit was 200 bytes (similar to the limit
> of
> a character variable) and I have read somewhere that SAS may be
> considering extending that to 400 bytes.
>
> Anthony.
 
 I believe it's a memory limitation.  I know it's greater than 200
bytes; I've used macro variable values greater than 200 bytes.
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