Question

In the data set invest, what would be the stored value for Year?

data invest;
do Year=2008 to 2012;
Capital+5000;
Capital+(Capital*.03);
end;
run;
a. missing
b. 2008
c. 2012
d. 2013

Answer 1

In the SAS programming code provided, the stored value for Year after the loop completes would be 2013, as it increments after the final iteration through 2012.

Step-by-step explanation:

Your question is about SAS programming and specifically a loop that iterates through several years, incrementing a variable named Capital.

The loop starts at 2008 and goes through 2012, repeatedly executing the code block within the do loop. The value for Year at the end of the loop would be the year after the last iteration, which is 2013, since the loop goes through 2012 and then increments one more time before exiting the loop.