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What would the following datastep do?

Data _null_;
Set Dist end=eof;
Call Symput("xx"!!left(put(_n_,2.)),&dimension);
If EOF then
Call Symput('numrows',left(put(_n_,2.)));
Run;

dimension is a macro variable that is being passed here

Question Posted / priyankar

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What would the following datastep do? Data _null_; Set Dist end=eof; Call Symput("xx&quo..

Answer / kumaraswamy maduri

It creates macro variables like xx1,xx2....xxnumber of
observations and all the variables will same value that
&dimesion has and it creates one more macro
variable "numrows" that contains number of observations as
character value.

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What would the following datastep do? Data _null_; Set Dist end=eof; Call Symput("xx&quo..

Answer / akshata shenvi

here numeric values have been converted to character values
at the place given by (line) :column

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