https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Set-options-statement-to-default/m-p/604433#M175244 <P>The default is</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <PRE><CODE class=" language-sas">options validvarname=v7;</CODE></PRE> <P>You can read that in the <A href="https://documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=lesysoptsref&amp;docsetTarget=p124dqdk8zoqu3n1r4nsfqu5vx52.htm&amp;docsetVersion=9.4&amp;locale=en" target="_self">Doc</A></P> Fri, 15 Nov 2019 11:54:23 GMT PeterClemmensen 2019-11-15T11:54:23Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Set-options-statement-to-default/m-p/604429#M175240 Hi forum,<BR /><BR />I have used the options statement like below and trying to turn the option to default.<BR />Options validvarname=upcase;<BR /> Fri, 15 Nov 2019 11:49:56 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Set-options-statement-to-default/m-p/604429#M175240 Sharathr 2019-11-15T11:49:56Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Set-options-statement-to-default/m-p/604430#M175241 <P>Just that option or all options?</P> Fri, 15 Nov 2019 11:50:41 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Set-options-statement-to-default/m-p/604430#M175241 PeterClemmensen 2019-11-15T11:50:41Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Set-options-statement-to-default/m-p/604431#M175242 I would like to reset the specific option alone Fri, 15 Nov 2019 11:52:08 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Set-options-statement-to-default/m-p/604431#M175242 Sharathr 2019-11-15T11:52:08Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Set-options-statement-to-default/m-p/604432#M175243 <P>Hi&nbsp;<a href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/179995">@Sharathr</a>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>if it is just this option that you want to reset, the default setting is:</P> <PRE><CODE class=" language-sas">OPTIONS VALIDVARNAME = V7</CODE></PRE> Fri, 15 Nov 2019 11:53:48 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Set-options-statement-to-default/m-p/604432#M175243 ed_sas_member 2019-11-15T11:53:48Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Set-options-statement-to-default/m-p/604433#M175244 <P>The default is</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <PRE><CODE class=" language-sas">options validvarname=v7;</CODE></PRE> <P>You can read that in the <A href="https://documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=lesysoptsref&amp;docsetTarget=p124dqdk8zoqu3n1r4nsfqu5vx52.htm&amp;docsetVersion=9.4&amp;locale=en" target="_self">Doc</A></P> Fri, 15 Nov 2019 11:54:23 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Set-options-statement-to-default/m-p/604433#M175244 PeterClemmensen 2019-11-15T11:54:23Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Set-options-statement-to-default/m-p/604434#M175245 <P>In a data step, you can use the function getOption to retrieve the initial value of an option, see <A href="https://documentation.sas.com/?cdcId=pgmsascdc&amp;cdcVersion=9.4_3.4&amp;docsetId=lefunctionsref&amp;docsetTarget=n096vc8shtf7mzn1rlvx6003ayho.htm&amp;locale=en#n1b2fcvcho0chwn1j4utwgyvu7rr" target="_blank">https://documentation.sas.com/?cdcId=pgmsascdc&amp;cdcVersion=9.4_3.4&amp;docsetId=lefunctionsref&amp;docsetTarget=n096vc8shtf7mzn1rlvx6003ayho.htm&amp;locale=en#n1b2fcvcho0chwn1j4utwgyvu7rr</A> for details.</P> Fri, 15 Nov 2019 12:07:29 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Set-options-statement-to-default/m-p/604434#M175245 andreas_lds 2019-11-15T12:07:29Z