Name statements that are recognized at compile time only?

Answers were Sorted based on User's Feedback



Name statements that are recognized at compile time only?..

Answer / dupe

Array statements are also compile time only statements

Is This Answer Correct ?    14 Yes 0 No

Name statements that are recognized at compile time only?..

Answer / vijay

sirisha thanx for the answers,
but i believe all the global statements (wht u mentioned )
including options, title, footnote statements; will work at
both compile and execution time..

only compile drop, keep,
rename,label,format,informat,attrib, where,by, retain,
length statements are comile time statements only

Is This Answer Correct ?    10 Yes 1 No

Name statements that are recognized at compile time only?..

Answer / hasnain

Retain, Array, length

Is This Answer Correct ?    2 Yes 0 No

Name statements that are recognized at compile time only?..

Answer / pratik singh jageera

Apart from doing numerous tasks during the compilation phase..
SAS also processes statements which are limited to compile time.These statements provide information to the compiler as to how the things will be set up in the PDV.they include
drop keep rename retain array by where attrib length format label.it also sets up automatic variables:
_N_ _ERROR_ IN= END= POINT= FIRST. LAST.

Is This Answer Correct ?    0 Yes 0 No

Name statements that are recognized at compile time only?..

Answer / sirisha

all global statements like
filename,libname,run,endsas...etc...are recognized at
compile time only.

Is This Answer Correct ?    1 Yes 5 No

Name statements that are recognized at compile time only?..

Answer / sirisha

all global statements like
filename,libname,run,endsas...etc...are recognized at
compile time only.

Is This Answer Correct ?    1 Yes 5 No

Post New Answer

More SAS Interview Questions

what is null hypothesis? why do you consider that?

0 Answers   Accenture, Quintiles,


what is hash files in sas and why we are using this one in sas?

0 Answers   L&T, SAS,


how many types prompting framework can be broken down to? : Sas-bi

0 Answers  


What is the Program Data Vector (PDV) and What are its functions?

9 Answers  


Explain by-group processing?

0 Answers  






How would you remove a format that has been permanently associated with a variable? ________________

5 Answers   Quintiles, TCS,


How do I CREATE an external dataset with sas code? I would like to create within a sascode a non-exsistent textfile on the host. So I am not forced to create the file befor filling it.

2 Answers  


wat is sas? is a package or programming language?

4 Answers  


What are the difference between ceil and floor functions in sas?

0 Answers  


How to read an input file in sas?

0 Answers  


what is the difference between proc report and proc format?

7 Answers   CTS,


What is the pound sign used for in the data_null_ ?

1 Answers  


Categories