how to programmatically retrieve the maintenance version (e.g. TS1M8) used to run my SAS code

[jbodart]

Automatic macro-variables seem to provide either a too simple or a too complex version number:

AUTOMATIC SYSVER 9.4
AUTOMATIC SYSVLONG 9.04.01M8P011823
AUTOMATIC SYSVLONG4 9.04.01M8P01182023

Can we assume that the maintenance version (such as TS1M8) can always be derived from &sysvlong, and if yes what would be a reliable way of doing it ?

[Kurt_Bremser]

Retrieve it from SYSVLONG, SCAN after the second dot and before the first "P":

want = scan(scan("&sysvlong.",2,"."),1,"P");

[jbodart]

yes that works with the current version but is that guaranteed to work with any version ?

[LinusH · Accepted solution]

For any 9.4 version, yes.

And if you migrate to Viya 4, this wil be the format:

V.04.00M0P083123

[jbodart]

I ended up with:

%if &sysver=9.4 %then %do;
   %let software_version = SAS &sysver (TS%sysfunc(prxchange(s/^0*//, 1, %qscan(%qscan(&sysvlong,3,.),1,P))));
%end; %else %do;
   %let software_version = SAS &sysvlong;
%end;
%put &=software_version;

which results in:
SOFTWARE_VERSION=SAS 9.4 (TS1M8)