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?
Answer: A
how is it option A?
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
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
|| 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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