Chapter 18: Reading and Creating Raw Data in Free-Format

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Correct answer: d ...

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