How Do I Clear Legacy SAS Code

[BrentonCSmith]

I am getting an error :

The quoted string currently being processed has become more than 262 bytes long.

I ran a program successfully a number of times.  Then I added a macro, and forgot to include the %mend.  Now I can run a single data step and it still is giving me a Error message.  I thought that the command was Clear;Run; But it is not.  I need to deactivate code that I have run in the past.

Thanks,

[Reeza · Accepted solution]

You can try the magic string:

;*';*";*/;quit;

You may need a %mend as well.

Or you may have to restart SAS unfortunately.

Some more details and options are noted here:

https://blogs.sas.com/content/iml/2013/08/19/errors-that-cause-sas-to-freeze.html