topic Re: Difference between OPTION and OPTIONS in SAS Programming

Difference between OPTION and OPTIONS

marcuswong — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 03:14:54 GMT

Hi SAS Folks,

I am a beginner starting to learn SAS and I am using the SAS studio university edition for self learning.

I came across SAS studio hinted me OPTION and OPTIONS when I tried to input some codes.

May I know if these two global statements are the same?

Thanks!

Re: Difference between OPTION and OPTIONS

SASKiwi — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 03:24:20 GMT

Either will work but OPTIONS is the correct statement key word.

Re: Difference between OPTION and OPTIONS

jimbarbour — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 05:18:01 GMT

They are the same.

Jim

Re: Difference between OPTION and OPTIONS

marcuswong — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 05:35:46 GMT

Thank you for the guidance!

Re: Difference between OPTION and OPTIONS

marcuswong — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 05:37:06 GMT

Thank you for the advise!

Re: Difference between OPTION and OPTIONS

Astounding — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 06:29:11 GMT

SAS attempts to correct spelling errors when reasonable. While you will get a warning message, you could use POTION instead and SAS would figure it out.