The following SAS program is submitted:
What is the result?
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A00-211 Exam - Question 52
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Correct Answer: C
In SAS, when a numeric operation is attempted on a variable that is defined as a character, the value will be invalid for numeric operations. In the given program, 'Cost' is assigned the character value '$20,000'. When the SAS program attempts to calculate the value of 'Discount' as .10*Cost, it will fail because Cost is not recognized as a valid numeric value. This results in the value of 'Discount' being set to missing, and a note in the SAS log referring to invalid numeric data.
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1 commentmhminkovOption: C
Jun 4, 2021given answer C is correct, .. if cost would have been defined as character, but a standard numeric value '20000', then answer B would have been correct.