SAS BASE Q45. libname

QUESTION NO: 45

The following SAS program is submitted:

libname temp 'SAS data library';

data temp.sales;

merge temp.sales work.receipt;

by names;

run;

 

The input data files are sorted by the NAMES variable:

What is the result?

 

A. The program executes successfully and a temporary SAS data set is created.

B. The program executes successfully and a permanent SAS data set is created.

C. The program fails execution because the same SAS data set is referenced for both read and write operations.

D. The program fails execution because the SAS data sets on the MERGE statement are in two different libraries.

 

 

Answer: B

# 문제 풀이

 - libname 명령어를 통해서 사용자 정의 라이브러리인 temp를 만들었다. 

 - work는 기존에 있는 라이브러리이며 임시 라이브러리이다.