Question

The variable Title is 22 characters long. One of the values for Title is My House on the Lane. Which of the following statements would provide the full value of the variable in the log if the data included two leading spaces?

a. putlog Title $quote20.;
b. putlog Title $quote22.;
c. putlog Title $quote30.;

Answer 1

The correct statement to output the full value of a 22-character variable with two leading spaces to the log is 'putlog Title $quote30.;' since it accounts for the entire length of the string, including the leading spaces and possible quoting characters.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question pertains to the correct use of output formatting in the context of a hypothetical programming or scripting language, where putlog appears to be a function or statement used to write a variable's value to the log. Given that the variable Title is 22 characters long and has two leading spaces, the correct statement to use would be one that allows for the full length of the string, including the spaces, to be output. The appropriate formatting option in this case would be $quote30.

Option (c) putlog Title $quote30.; is the correct answer because it accounts for the 22 characters in the variable Title as well as the two leading spaces, and it adds additional space for the quoting characters that might be needed when outputting the value. The formatting codes such as $quote20., which is provided in option (a), and $quote22., which is provided in option (b), do not allocate enough characters to include both the value and the leading spaces.