Is QUIT; not a statement in SAS?

cosmid — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 16:20:59 GMT

Hi,

Run into a problem from the SAS Professional Prep Guide:

How many statements does the program below contain?

proc sql;
  select grapes, oranges,
            grapes + oranges as sumsales
  from certadv.produce
  order by sumsales;
quit;

a. two

b. three

c. four

d. five

Answer Key: a

I got this wrong because I picked b. I thought everything ends with a semicolon in SAS counts as a statement? Isn't that why they call it the QUIT statement?

Thanks

Re: Is QUIT; not a statement in SAS?

Quentin — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 16:47:57 GMT

I agree with you QUIT is a statement, and that code has three statements.

I would contact SAS and submit this as an erratum. There is usually a link in the the beginning of the book that describes how to submit errata.

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