Date:         Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:13:33 -0500
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From:         "data _null_," <datanull@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: How to get SAROOT into a macro variable?
Comments: To: Paul Walker <walker.627@osu.edu>
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Try this....

%let SasLoc = %sysGet(SasRoot);

Returns  D:\Program Files\SAS\SAS 9.1
on my computer.

On 9/17/07, Paul Walker <walker.627@osu.edu> wrote:
> I am trying to identify the location of SAS.Exe on a PC on-the-fly during
> a SAS program.  I think it is stored in the so-called SASROOT! location,
> but I am not sure how to retrieve SASROOT! into a macro variable.  Does
> anyone know how to do this?  I am hoping there is something like:
>
> %let SasLoc = %GetPath(SasRoot!);
>