Question

What does the following ARRAY statement do?

array seed{*} _character_;
a. This statement creates a temporary array of character variables.
b. This statement creates an array of all previously defined character variables in the DATA step.
c. Nothing. This is not an accurate ARRAY statement.

Answer 1

The ARRAY statement in SAS creates an array of all previously defined character variables in the DATA step.

Step-by-step explanation:

The ARRAY statement in question is used in the SAS programming language and the correct interpretation of the line array seed{*} _character_; is: This statement creates an array of all previously defined character variables in the DATA step.

The underscore wildcard (_character_) tells SAS to include all character variables that have been defined before this ARRAY statement in the DATA step. The asterisk (*) allows SAS to determine the size of the array automatically based on the number of character variables included.