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The Critical Role of ODS LISTING Close Statements in SAS: Avoiding Comment Width Errors One of the common challenges SAS programmers face is encountering the error message: "ERROR: Comment width is not between 1 and 200 characters." This error, while seemingly straightforward, can be particularly frustrating when it appears unexpectedly in your SAS log. In this article, we'll dive deep into understanding this error and how proper management of ODS LISTING statements can help you avoid it. Introduction to ODS The Output Delivery System (ODS) in SAS enables users to control the appearance and destination of output generated by SAS procedures. ODS allows output to be directed to various destinations like HTML, PDF, RTF, and the default Listing destination. Proper management of these destinations is critical to ensuring clean output and avoiding errors. Understanding the Error The error message regarding commen...