MCQ

[abhishekganguly]

What does the following log indicate about your program?

proc print data=sasuser.cargo99

   var origin dest cargorev;

      22

      76

ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following:

                 ;, (, DATA, DOUBLE, HEADING, LABEL,

                 N, NOOBS, OBS, ROUND, ROWS, SPLIT, STYLE,

                 UNIFORM, WIDTH.

ERROR 76-322: Syntax error, statement will be ignored.
11        run;

all of the above

SAS identifies a syntax error at the position of the VAR statement.

SAS is reading VAR as an option in the PROC PRINT statement.

SAS has stopped processing the program because of errors.

[andreas_lds]

Seems to be copied from an exam ... and what is your question?

[abhishekganguly]

Actually can you explain me the correct option. I have found this question in a sample set for sas base certification.

[Kurt_Bremser · Accepted solution]

SAS identifies a syntax error at the position of the VAR statement.

SAS is reading VAR as an option in the PROC PRINT statement.

SAS has stopped processing the program because of errors.

all are true.

Now you have to ask yourself: what could be the reason for SAS to find a syntax error where VAR appears in the code?

Hint: Maxim 1 (read the documentation): http://documentation.sas.com/?cdcId=pgmsascdc&cdcVersion=9.4_3.3&docsetId=proc&docsetTarget=p10qiuo2..., see the examples section for selecting variables.