Date:         Wed, 30 Jul 1997 14:46:04 +0500
Reply-To:     Bernard Tremblay <bernard@CAPITALE.QC.CA>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Bernard Tremblay <bernard@CAPITALE.QC.CA>
Subject:      Re: scl calls within a data step?
Comments: cc: eusdee1@EXU.ERICSSON.SE

Hi,
 
        Why not use PROC SQL and query the dictionary.options table ???
        or second option use the getoption(optname) function.
 
        example:
 
85    data f1;
86        ls=input(getoption('linesize'),3.);
87        put ls=;
88    run;
 
LS=225
NOTE: The data set WORK1.F1 has 1 observations and 1 variables.
NOTE: Compressing data set WORK1.F1 decreased size by 0.00 percent.
      Compressed is 1 pages; un-compressed would require 1 pages.
NOTE: DATA statement used:
      real time           1.710 seconds
      cpu time            0.107 seconds
 
 
                Regards,
                        Bernard Tremblay
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>>>From owner-sas-l@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU Tue Jul 29 11:29 EDT 1997
>>>Date:         Tue, 29 Jul 1997 10:28:14 -0500
>>>From: Dwight Eggers <eusdee1@EXU.ERICSSON.SE>
>>>Subject:      scl calls within a data step?
>>>To: SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU
>>>
>>>In the past I recall postings regarding undocumented features of
>>>base SAS of making calls to scl functions within a data step.  Is
>>>there better documentation now?  Has this been presented at a SUGI?
>>>
>>>What I am specifically looking for is a way to query individual options,
>>>similar to the OPTGET* scl functions.  The only way I have of doing this
>>>now is with a PROC OPTIONS step with output to a dataset, then a datastep
>>>to reformat this output to parse out the desired setting.  A macro or
>>>some way to invoke this set of scl functions would be a much more
>>>efficient way of handling this.
>>>
>>>Dwight.Eggers@ericsson.com
>>>