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Access and Create Data Structures: programming and short-response practice
Temporary and permanent data sets | Libraries and metadata | Reading an existing SAS data set | Importing delimited files
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A SAS session contains `work.visits`, with variables `visit_id` and `site`. The writable folder `/exam/output` is available. Write SAS 9.4 code that creates (1) a temporary copy named `work.visit_copy` and (2) a permanent copy named `archive.visit_copy`. Use a library reference for the permanent copy.
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Write executable SAS 9.4 code and briefly state which copy is temporary and which persists in the assigned library.
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Core SAS Certified Specialist: Base Programming topics
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Access and Create Data Structures: multiple-choice practice
Stored dates and times | Reading and displaying dates | Filtering before the DATA step | Filtering after calculation
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Manage Data: programming and short-response practice
Sorting into a new data set | Removing duplicate sort keys | Conditional assignments | Grouping conditional statements
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Manage Data: multiple-choice practice
Conditional and nested loops | Intervals between dates | Variable list forms | Implicit type conversion
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Error Handling: programming and short-response practice
Misspelled SAS statements | Missing semicolons | Unmatched quotation marks | Invalid options in context
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Error Handling: multiple-choice practice
Syntax error versus logic error | Reading the first useful log message | Missing values as diagnostic evidence | Tracing DATA step iterations
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When should I use WHERE instead of a subsetting IF?
WHERE selects observations as they are read from an existing data set; a subsetting IF acts after the observation enters the DATA step. Use IF when selection depends on a value calculated in that step. For example, after setting total=price*qty, `if total>100;` can test total, while a WHERE condition cannot use that newly calculated variable.
Why can two totals written in a DATA step behave differently?
A sum statement such as `total + amount;` retains total across iterations, initializes it to zero, and treats a missing amount as zero. An ordinary assignment such as `total=total+amount;` does not retain total automatically; an arithmetic expression containing a missing value produces a missing result. For amounts 4, missing and 3, the sum statement ends at 7.
How do formats and informats affect SAS values?
An informat reads external text into a stored value; a format controls how a stored value appears. A SAS date is stored as a day count, so the date 03JAN1960 is stored as 2. Applying `date9.` displays it as `03JAN1960` without changing the stored number. Use INPUT to convert character text to a numeric value and PUT to convert a numeric value to character text.
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