MVARSIZE

MVARSIZE

Specifies the maximum size for in-memory macro variables

Default: 32K (set in the installed !SASROOT/sasv8.cfg file)

Valid in: SAS invocation, SASV8_OPTIONS environment variable, configuration file, OPTIONS statement, System Options window

UNIX specifics: default value

Syntax
See Also

Syntax

-MVARSIZE n|nK|nM|nG|MIN|MAX | hexX

MVARSIZE=n|nK|nM|nG|MIN|MAX | hexX

n|nK|nM|nG: specifies the macro variable size in multiples of 1; 1,024 (kilobytes); 1,048,576 (megabytes); and 1,073,741,824 (gigabytes), respectively. For example, a value of 8 specifies 8 bytes and a value of 3M specifies 3,145,728 bytes.
MIN: specifies 0 bytes, which causes all macro variable values to be written to disk.
MAX: specifies 2,147,483,647 bytes. On 64-bit systems, MAX is 9,007,199,254,740,992.
hexX: specifies the macro variable size in hexadecimal notation. For example, 2DX specifies 45 bytes.

See Also

SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
SAS Macro Language: Reference

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Default:	32K (set in the installed `!SASROOT/sasv8.cfg` file)
Valid in:	SAS invocation, SASV8_OPTIONS environment variable, configuration file, OPTIONS statement, System Options window
UNIX specifics:	default value