Chapter 9: Creating and Managing Variables

  1. Correct answer: c
    Program c correctly deletes the observation in which the value of Finish is oak and the value of Price is less than 200. It also creates TotalPrice by summing the variable Price down observations, and then drops Price by using the DROP statement in the DATA step.
  2. Correct answer: c
    Logical comparisons that are enclosed in parentheses are evaluated as true or false before they are compared to other expressions. In the example, the AND comparison within the nested parentheses is evaluated before being compared to the OR comparison.
  3. Correct answer: b
    You must enclose character values in quotation marks, and you must specify them in the same case in which they appear in the ...

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