Chapter 8: Creating and Applying User-Defined Formats

  1. Correct answer: c
    If you do not specify the LIBRARY= option, formats are stored in a default format catalog named Work.Formats. The libref Work signifies that any format that is stored in Work.Formats is a temporary format; it exists only for the current SAS session.
  2. Correct answer: a
    To store formats in a permanent catalog, you first write a LIBNAME statement to associate the libref with the SAS data library in which the catalog will be stored. Then add the LIB= (or LIBRARY=) option to the PROC FORMAT statement, specifying the name of the catalog.
  3. Correct answer: d
    The name of a format that is created with a VALUE statement must begin with a dollar sign ($) if it applies to ...

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