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Multiple choice technology programming languages

The SYMPUT routine cannot

  1. be used to assign a data set variable as a value to a macro variable.

  2. create a series of macro variables in one DATA step.

  3. automatically convert a numeric value to a character value when used to assign a value to a macro variable in a DATA step.

  4. be used to assign a numeric value to a macro variable in an SCL (SAS Component Language) program.
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Multiple choice technology programming languages

Which of the following is false?

  1. A %MACRO statement must always be paired with a %MEND statement.

  2. A macro definition can include macro variable references, but it cannot include SAS language statements.

  3. Only macro language statements are checked for syntax errors when the macro is compiled.

  4. Compiled macros are stored in a temporary SAS catalog by default.
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Multiple choice technology programming languages

data test; a='A dataset'; run; %macro opends(name); %if %sysfunc(exist(&name)) %then %do; %let dsid=%sysfunc(open(&name,i)); %put data set &name; %end; %else %put Data set &name does not exist.; %mend opends; %opends(null); %opends(test); What will be written in the Log?

  1. Data set null does not exist. data set test

  2. data set test Data set null does not exist.

  3. ERROR : null not indentified.

  4. Data set null does not exist. Data set test does not exist.
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