Macro Variable

The ASSIGN Procedure

Macro Variable _ORASSIG

On termination, the ASSIGN procedure defines a macro variable named _ORASSIG. This variable contains a character string that indicates the status of the procedure on termination and gives the objective value at termination. The form of the _ORASSIG character string is

STATUS=charstr OBJECTIVE=objective

where charstr can be any one of the following:

SUCCESSFUL
INFEASIBLE
MEMORY_ERROR
IO_ERROR
SYNTAX_ERROR
SEMANTIC_ERROR
BADDATA_ERROR
UNKNOWN_ERROR

This information is useful when PROC ASSIGN comprises one step in a larger program that needs to identify just how the ASSIGN procedure terminated. Because _ORASSIG is a standard SAS macro variable, it can be used in the ways that all macro variables can be used. See the SAS Guide to Macro Processing for more information. Example 2.2 illustrates the method to write the _ORASSIG variable to the log.

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