What's New in SAS 9.3 Data Set Options

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Overview

The SAS data set options documentation is no longer part of SAS Language Reference: Dictionary. The SAS data set options that were previously documented in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary are now documented here, in SAS 9.3 Data Set Options: Reference.

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Changes to SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

Prior to SAS 9.3, this document was part of SAS Language Reference: Dictionary. Starting with SAS 9.3, SAS Language Reference: Dictionary has been divided into seven documents:

• SAS Data Set Options: Reference
• SAS Formats and Informats: Reference
• SAS Functions and CALL Routines: Reference
• SAS Statements: Reference
• SAS System Options: Reference
• SAS Component Objects: Reference (contains the documentation for the Hash Object and the Java Object)
• Base SAS Utilities: Reference (contains the documentation for the SAS DATA step debugger and the SAS Utility macro %DS2CSV)

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New SAS Data Set Option

The following data set option is new:

EXTENDOBSCOUNTER=

extends the maximum observation count in an output SAS data file.