SAS(R) 9.1.3 Companion for z/OS

See Also
Function:
SYSGET Function
“PEEKCLONG Function” on page 271
Returns the value of the specified operating-environment variable
Category: Special
z/OS specifics: operating-environment-variable
Functions and CALL Routines under z/OS SYSGET Function 273
See: SYSGET Function in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
Syntax
SYSGET(operating-environment-variable)
operating-environment-variable
is the name of one of the parameters defined in the CLIST by which SAS was invoked.
Details
If the specified variable was not included in the SAS invocation, the error message
“NOTE: Invalid argument to the function SYSGET” is generated and _ERROR_ is set to
1.
Although z/OS does not have native environment variables, you can use the SET
option to define environment variables that are valid in your SAS session. SYSGET lets
you retrieve these environment variables. If you are in interactive mode, SYSGET
returns CLIST parameters. If you are in line mode, SYSGET returns the environment
variables that are valid in your SAS session.
Example
The following example returns the system options that are specified in the OPTIONS
parameter of the SAS CLIST and prints to the specified log:
data _null_;
opstr=sysget(’OPTIONS’);
if _ERROR_ then put ’no options supplied’;
else put ’options supplied are:’ optstr;
run;
See Also
3 “SET= System Option” on page 498