SAS Companion for the CMS Environment

Other Host-Specific Aspects of the Macro Facility

SAS System Options Used by the Macro Facility That Have Host-Specific Aspects lists the SAS system options that are used by the macro facility and that have host-specific characteristics. It also tells you where to look for more information about these system options.

***SAS System Options Used by the Macro Facility That Have Host-Specific Aspects***
System Option	Description	See ...
MSYMTABMAX=	specifies the maximum amount of memory available to all symbol tables (global and local combined). The value of n can be expressed either as an integer or as MAX (the largest integer your operating environment can represent, typically 2,147,483,647). Under CMS, the default value for this option is 24,576 bytes.	SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
MVARSIZE=	specifies the maximum number of bytes for any macro variable stored in memory (0<=n<=32,768). The default setting for CMS is 80.	See "MVARSIZE=" in the System Options section
SASAUTOS=	specifies the autocall library	See the information on SASAUTOS= in this section and in the System Options section

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