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SASRB
Obsidian | Level 7

Greetings,

Would someone experienced please explain why answer A is incorrect?

I wanted to check both A and B but there is no multiple choice option. According to the lesson, "The DATA statement names the output table, or the table you want to create. This can be a temporary table if you use the Work library or a permanent table if you use any other library." Bearing this in mind, I considered that only option C creates a temporary table as it referred to work in its name. A and B have no such reference and therefore should create a permanent table, shouldn't they?.

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MarkusWeick
Barite | Level 11

Hi @SASRB,

exactly. "out." and "sashelp." are references to libraries.

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MarkusWeick
Barite | Level 11

Hi @SASRB,

a has no library is referenced in a., the default (work library) will be used.

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Markus

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MarkusWeick
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@SASRB,

if you want to read more abot it:

SAS Help Center: SAS Default Libraries

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SASRB
Obsidian | Level 7

@MarkusWeick, thank you.

 

Did I get you right that "out." portion of the file name makes the reference to the libriary?

Because there was no out in the demo video and I assumed it is not important.

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MarkusWeick
Barite | Level 11

Hi @SASRB,

exactly. "out." and "sashelp." are references to libraries.

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