Hi all, I have a question about quiz chapter 4 - question 3: 3. Which program correctly imports only the first seven lines from the external file that is delimited by a period (.) ? Hint: the first line in the external file contains variable names that you want to read in. Book answer: 3. Correct answer: a Use the OBS= option in the OPTIONS statement before the IMPORT procedure to limit the number of observations that SAS reads from the external file. When you use the OBS= option in the PROC PRINT statement, the whole file is imported but printing is limited to the number of observations specified. Use DELIMITER='.' to indicate that the delimiter is a period (.) and use GETNAMES=YES to read in the first line, which contains the variable names. Code a.: options obs=7; proc import data="C:\users\test.txt" out=exam dbms=dlm replace; getnames=yes; run; proc print data=exam; run; However, I think correct answer is code option "B" with the book answer explanation Code b: options obs=7; proc import datafile="c:\users\test.txt" out=exam dbms=dlm replace; delimiter='.'; getnames=yes; run; proc print data=exam; run; Could someone clarify me this point? Thanks
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