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VISHNU239
Obsidian | Level 7

The following SAS program is submitted:

 

data work.staff; 

JobCategory = ‘FA’;

JobLevel = ‘1’; 

Jobcategory = Jobcategory || JobLevel; run;

 

Which one of the following is the value of the variable JOBCATEGORY in the output data set?

 

  1. FA
  2. FA1
  3. FA 1
  4. ‘‘(missing character value)

 

Answer: A

 

 

 

how is it option A?

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art297
Opal | Level 21

Because the length of JobCategory is set as 2.

 

Now, just as interesting, try to figure out the results of:

data work.staff; 
  JobCategory = 'FA';
  JobLevel = '1'; 
  Jobcategory2 = Jobcategory || JobLevel;
  Jobcategory = Jobcategory || JobLevel;
  output;
  JobCategory = 'FAA';
  JobLevel = '2'; 
  Jobcategory2 = Jobcategory || JobLevel;
  Jobcategory = Jobcategory || JobLevel;
  output;
run;

Art, CEO, AnalystFinder.com

 

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art297
Opal | Level 21

Because the length of JobCategory is set as 2.

 

Now, just as interesting, try to figure out the results of:

data work.staff; 
  JobCategory = 'FA';
  JobLevel = '1'; 
  Jobcategory2 = Jobcategory || JobLevel;
  Jobcategory = Jobcategory || JobLevel;
  output;
  JobCategory = 'FAA';
  JobLevel = '2'; 
  Jobcategory2 = Jobcategory || JobLevel;
  Jobcategory = Jobcategory || JobLevel;
  output;
run;

Art, CEO, AnalystFinder.com

 

VISHNU239
Obsidian | Level 7
yeah got it sir. examples helped me in understanding. what does the symbol || mean and what is its function?
art297
Opal | Level 21

|| is similar to the catt function, i.e., it combines strings without trimming spaces from the right or removing any leading spaces.

 

Art, CEO, AnalystFinder.com

 

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