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Sunday, January 24, 2010

Base 14

The contents of the raw data file EMPLOYEE are listed below:


--------10-------20-------30
Ruth  39 11 (39 starts at col-7 and 11 at col-10)

Jose  32 22
Sue   30 33
John  40 44

The following SAS program is submitted:


data test;
infile 'employee';
input employee_name $ 1-4;
if employee_name = 'Ruth' then input idnum 10-11;
else input age 7-8;
run;


Which one of the following values does the variable IDNUM contain when the name of the employee is "Ruth"?


A. 11
B. 22
C. 32
D. . (missing numeric value)

6 comments:

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Rujuta........ said...

B. 22

Unknown said...

B.22

data work.TEST;
infile cards;
input employee_name $ 1-4;
if employee_name = 'Ruth' then input idnum 10-11;
else input age 7-8;
put _all_;
cards;

employee_name=Ruth idnum=22 age=. _ERROR_=0 _N_=1
employee_name=Sue idnum=. age=40 _ERROR_=0 _N_=2
NOTE: The data set WORK.TEST has 2 observations and 3 variables.
NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):
real time 0.12 seconds
cpu time 0.03 seconds

Unknown said...

every input statement will attack a new line , hence idnum=22

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user said...

PLS EXPLAIN

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