Additional Features

When you set up your SAS session, you can set SAS system options that affect LISTING output, information written to the SAS log, and much more. Here are some additional system options that you are likely to use with SAS:
Selected System Options and Their Descriptions
FORMCHAR= 'formatting-characters'
specifies the formatting characters for your output device. Formatting characters are used to construct the outlines of tables as well as dividers for various procedures, such as the FREQ and TABULATE procedures. If you do not specify formatting characters as an option in the procedure, then the default specifications given in the FORMCHAR= system option are used.
FORMDLIM= 'delimit-character'
specifies a character ...

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