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A00-211 · Question #51

Consider the following data step: The computed variables City and State have their values assigned using two different methods, a RETAIN statement and an Assignment statement. Which statement…

The correct answer is D. City's value will be assigned one time, State's value 5 times. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

Question

Consider the following data step:

The computed variables City and State have their values assigned using two different methods, a RETAIN statement and an Assignment statement. Which statement regarding this program is true?

Options

  • AThe RETAIN statement is fine, but the value of City will be truncated to 8 bytes as the LENGTH
  • BBoth the RETAIN and assignment statement are being used to initialize new variables and are equally
  • CThe assignment statement is fine, but the value of City will be truncated to 8 bytes as the LENGTH
  • DCity's value will be assigned one time, State's value 5 times.

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(47 responses)
  • A
    4% (2)
  • B
    11% (5)
  • C
    6% (3)
  • D
    79% (37)

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