topic Re: About FCMP Procedure in SAS Programming

About FCMP Procedure

ASJ — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 06:58:10 GMT

You can create one function and one CALL routine in a single FCMP procedure step.
a.True
b.False

For above question in fourth version of prep guide, the answer is listed as False.

However, as I read the answer should be True.

Please let me know the correct answer. Thanks.

LinusH — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 07:12:39 GMT

What do you mean by "as you read"?
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KachiM — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 07:43:10 GMT

False is the right answer.

A single FCMP procedure can have any number of Functions and Call Routines.

Rick_SAS — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 14:00:27 GMT

The wording is vague, which is probably what is causing your confusion. I suspect the author meant to write

> You can create at most one function and one CALL routine in a single FCMP procedure step.

Now the question is unambiguous. The answer is false because you can define multiple functions in a single call to PROC FCMP.