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yaswanthj
Fluorite | Level 6

Hi All,

Could any one help me how to reset the global option, with out closing the sas session.

Thanks in advance.

with best regards,

Yaswanth J.

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LinusH
Tourmaline | Level 20

There are two PROC's, OPTLOAD and OPTSAVE .

Otherwise, you can use a method described in this blog:

Jedi SAS Tricks: Reset SAS System Options - The SAS Training Post

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Patrick
Opal | Level 21

Which "global option" are you talking about?

Some options can only be set during SAS invocation, others can be changed anytime using an option statement, eg. "options linesize=120;"

yaswanthj
Fluorite | Level 6

Hi Patrik.,

I just used "options missing = ' ' ". i want to reset this option..

Thanks & Regards,

Yaswanth J.

Linlin
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

add "options missing = ' .';"

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