To use it efficiently, please keep in mind the points at below:
1. SYSCC will take only integer value, even for decimal value. Furthermore, it will prompt error when non-numeric value is assigned.
42 %let syscc=-1.3; 43 %put &=syscc; SYSCC=-1 44 %let syscc=test; ERROR: The value supplied for assignment to the numeric automatic macro variable SYSCC was out of range or could not be converted to a numeric value.
2. SYSCC code will be translated to a return code on SAS exit. For more information, please see host-specific features of the SAS language.
3. SYSCC always take bigger numeric value, which means it retains highest error code in the end.
4. When SYSCC has error code (>=5), it does NOT stop executing any subsequent SAS statements while ABORT