MSYMTABMAX

MSYMTABMAX

Specifies the maximum amount of memory available to the macro variable symbol table(s)

Default: 4194304 bytes (4 MB)

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

Windows specifics: Default value

Syntax
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Syntax

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

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

n | nK | nM | nG: specifies the amount of memory in multiples of 1; 1,024 (kilobytes); 1,048,576 (megabytes); and 1,072,741,824 (gigabytes), respectively. For example, a value of 8 specifies 8 bytes and a value of 3M specifies 3,145,728 bytes.
hexX: specifies the amount of memory in hexadecimal notation. The value must be followed by X.
MAX: specifies the maximum amount of memory available
MIN: specifies 0, which causes all macro variables to be written to disk.

Details

After the MSYMTABMAX value is reached, SAS writes any additional macro variables to disk.

See Also

MSYMTABMAX system option in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

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Default:	4194304 bytes (4 MB)
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window
Windows specifics:	Default value