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Mr.Kinn
Mr.Kinn

Reputation: 409

SAS Batch Submission -- Prevent truncation at 256 characters per line?

I have 1000+ .sas files that I am trying to run in batch (all the code in each file is on one line), but SAS truncates the line to 256 characters and the code fails. Running each file individually (outside the batch) works fine.

Is there a way around this that would not force me to open each file and manually change the length of each line to something SAS can handle?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1320

Answers (1)

Joe
Joe

Reputation: 63424

Prior to SAS 9.2, you can't extend the line limit in a batch file. You can extend the line limit in an %include, though, using the LRECL option; one option is to do so and have your batch submission all in one file with a bunch of %includes.

If you are running SAS 9.2 or later, you have the LRECL system option, which allows up to 32767 characters per line. See this page for more information.

Upvotes: 2

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