Free A00-211 Web TestEngine Demo

Q27 Single choice

Consider the following data step:

The computed variables City and State have their values assigned using two different methods, a RETAIN statement and an Assignment statement.

Which statement regarding this program is true?

A
The RETAIN statement is fine, but the value of City will be truncated to 8 bytes as the LENGTH statement has been omitted.
B
Both the RETAIN and assignment statement are being used to initialize new variables and are equally efficient. Method used is a matter of programmer preference.
C
The assignment statement is fine, but the value of City will be truncated to 8 bytes as the LENGTH statement has been omitted.
D
City's value will be assigned one time, State's value 5 times.

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