Chapter 18: Reading and Creating Raw Data in Free-Format
Correct answer: b
The raw data file contains
data that is free-format, meaning that the data is not arranged in
columns or fixed fields.
Correct answer: c
List input should be
used to read data that is free-format because you do not need to specify
the column locations of the data.
Correct answer: c
You can use the DSD
option in the FILE statement to specify that data values containing
commas should be enclosed in quotation marks. The DSD option uses
a comma as the delimiter by default.
Correct answer: a
Because the data is
free-format, list input is used to read the values. With list input,
you simply name each variable and identify its type.
Correct answer: d ...
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