Question

Which assignment statement sets the value of Day to a text string that contains the day of the week that the current SAS session began?

a. Day=sysday;
b. Day=&sysday;
c. Day='&sysday';
d. Day="&sysday";

Answer 1

The correct assignment statement for setting the value of Day to the day of the week when the current SAS session began is 'Day=&sysday;'. The '&' symbol is used in SAS to resolve macro variables.

Step-by-step explanation:

The assignment statement that sets the value of Day to a text string containing the day of the week when the current SAS session began is b. Day=&sysday;.

In SAS, the & symbol is used to resolve macro variables. When SAS encounters &sysday; within code, it replaces it with the value of the macro variable sysday which contains the day of the week the current SAS session started.