Placement of options (REPLACE) in Code for data import

Mukti — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 00:46:33 GMT

The is in response to the Activity (Lesson 2) for Importing Data into SAS

I ran the following code with success (no errors, no warnings):

proc import REPLACE datafile="s:/workshop/EPG1V2/data/storm_damage.tab"
dbms=tab out=storm_damage_tab;
run;

The given answer in the Activity is:

proc import datafile="s:/workshop/EPG1V2/data/storm_damage.tab"
dbms=tab out=storm_damage_tab REPLACE;
run;

I ran the code both ways & the results look the same. Can someone please elaborate on this? Does it matter which way the code is written? Thanks.

Re: Placement of options (REPLACE) in Code for data import

Tom — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 02:09:22 GMT

The order of the options on the PROC IMPORT statement (and most statements that allow options) does not matter.

Since both answer are using the same options both are correct. Any other permutation of the ordering of those options would also work.