footnote

[pchen002]

The following SAS program is submitted:

footnote1 ‘Sales Report for Last Month’;
footnote2 ‘Selected Products Only’;
footnote3 ‘All Regions’;
footnote4 ‘All Figures in Thousands of Dollars’;
proc print data = sasuser.shoes;
footnote2 ‘All Products’;
run;

Which footnote(s) is/are displayed in the report?
A. All Products
B. Sales Report for Last Month All Products
C. All Products All Regions All Figures in Thousands of Dollars
D. Sales Report for Last Month All Products All Regions All Figures in Thousands of
Dollars
Answer: B

Why footnote 3 and 4 disappear whereas footnote 1 stays? Thanks!

[ChrisBrooks · Accepted solution]

When you issue a footnote statement for a specific line (in your case "footnote2 'All products'") it replaces the footnote for that line and all footnotes with a higher line number so footnotes 3 and 4 are cancelled leaving only footnotes 1 and 2 in your output.