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A00-212 · Question #157

When does a SELECT statement in a DATA step always use fewer CPU resources than IF- THEN/ELSE statements?

The correct answer is B. when there is a large selection of uniformly distributed numeric values. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

Question

When does a SELECT statement in a DATA step always use fewer CPU resources than IF- THEN/ELSE statements?

Options

  • Awhen there is a large selection of randomly distributed numeric values
  • Bwhen there is a large selection of uniformly distributed numeric values
  • Cwhen there is a small selection of randomly distributed character values
  • Dwhen there is a small selection of uniformly distributed character values

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(43 responses)
  • A
    5% (2)
  • B
    81% (35)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    12% (5)

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