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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Base 59

The following SAS DATA step is submitted:

data sasdata.atlanta sasdata.boston work.portland work.phoenix;
set company.prdsales;
if region = 'NE' then output boston;
if region = 'SE' then output atlanta;
if region = 'SW' then output phoenix;
if region = 'NW' then output portland;
run;

Which one of the following is true regarding the output data sets?
A. No library references are required.
B. The data sets listed on all the IF statements require a library reference.
C. The data sets listed in the last two IF statements require a library reference.
D. The data sets listed in the first two IF statements require a library reference.

8 comments:

SASGuru said...

Answer D

The datasets in the first two IF statements require “sasdata” libref

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

D. The data sets listed in the first two IF statements require a library reference

siva said...

Answer D

PE said...

Answer D

prachi said...

y so

ganesh said...

B

Unknown said...

B should be the answer. because all if statements relate to non default library.

Dutchy said...

Answer is D
If I remove OUTLIB, then it does not compile.
If WORK then a libname prefix is not needed.

data work.test2 outlib.test3;
set test;
if a='dit is een' then output test2;
else output outlib.test3;run;
proc print data=test2;run;

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