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Which of the following is not used to read inline data?

  1. DATALINES

  2. CARDS

  3. CARDS4

  4. DATAIN
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Explanation

SAS uses DATALINES (or its synonym CARDS) and CARDS4 (for data containing semicolons) to read inline data following the data step. DATAIN is not a valid SAS statement.

AI explanation

SAS reads inline data using DATALINES (and its synonym CARDS), or CARDS4/DATALINES4 when the data itself may contain semicolons. DATAIN is not a real SAS statement for this purpose, which is why it's the odd one out. Each of the other three is a documented keyword that tells the DATA step where the raw data lines begin.

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