Base SAS/SQL Tricky Questions

Leave a Comment How do you like the blog content? (polls) Question: Dataset calc is given as : data calc; input id marks; cards; 1 97 2 95 3 45 4 54 5 45 6 48 7 47 8 47 9 45 10 58 ; run; Find the sum of all marks from id 3 to id 8 1. Using Data Step 2. Using Proc SQL 3. Using proc means 4. Using Proc report Answer: Using data Step data tot; set calc; if 3<=id<=8 then total+marks; if id=8 then put total=; run; Another method using data step: data tot; set calc(firstobs=3 obs=8); total+marks; run; Using Proc SQL: proc sql; select sum(marks) from mydata where id ge 3 and id le 8; run; Using Proc means option firstobs=3 obs=8; proc means data = calc sum; var number; run; Using Proc Report option firstobs=3 obs=8; proc report data = calc nowd; column marks; run; Question: Data set secondhig is given as data secondhig; input Name $ Number; cards;

sandeep 98 kuldeep 49 arvind 58 gajender 97 amit 69 ankit 97 abhishek 70 ; run; Select those name having second highest numbers such that the output should be like: Name Number gajender 97 ankit 97 Answer: proc sql; select name, number from secondhig where number in (select max(Number) as second from secondhig where number<(select max(Number)from secondhig)); quit; Question data countobser; input name $ grade $; cards; Ram A Raj B Rahim A Manu C Karan C Praveen A Pradeep A Ravi B ; run; Create a data set that contains number of times A grade is repeated, B Grade is repeated and so on.. Answer: proc freq data = countobser noprint; tables grade/out=counter(drop=percent); run; Question In the above data set, create a macro varible that counts the number of observations in the dataset Using Data Step Using SQL Query Also print the result in SAS log Answer: data _null_; set countobser end=eof; count+1; if eof then call symput(macvar, count); run; %put &macvar; proc sql; select count(*) into :macvar1 from countobser; quit; Question: Find the mode using proc freq data a; input age @@; datalines; 22 32 32 32 43 23 24 56 45 54 28 29 27 26 25 28 30 20 18 37 36 47 46

56 19 20 ; run; Answer: proc freq data = a noprint; tables age/out=datam(drop=percent); run; from the dataset datam, it can be seen that 32 is repeated maximum number of times(3), thus the mode age is 32. Question: Dataset schoolx is given as : data schoolx; input Name $ Class $ Marks; cards; AAA X 20 AAA Y 30 AAA Z 40 AAA X 50 BBB X 60 BBB Y 70 BBB X 20 CCC X 10 CCC Y 40 CCC Z 50 CCC Z 30 ; run; Generate the following output from the above dataset: AAA X 70 AAA Y 30 AAA Z 40 BBB X 80 BBB Y 70 CCC X 10 CCC Y 40 CCC Z 80 Answer: proc sort data = schoolx; by Name class; run; data schoolx(drop=marks); set mydat; by name class; if first.class then sum = 0; sum+marks; if last.class then output; run; Question: Dataset sales is given as: store dept quarter sales 101 10 1 110001.5 101 10 2 113101.2 101 10 3 111932.15 101 10 4 99901.1 101 20 1 110002.36 101 20 2 99922.39 101 20 3 98832.98 101 20 4 110101.7 121 20 1 121947.1

121 20 2 119964.69 121 20 3 122136.28 121 20 4 120111.11 121 10 1 127192.92 121 10 2 125280.13 121 10 3 128203.56 121 10 4 123632.29 109 10 1 120422.77 109 10 2 123984.32 109 10 3 121801.29 109 10 4 122125.66 109 30 1 98310.13 109 30 2 97331.25 109 30 3 96386.28 109 30 4 98511.9 109 20 1 115239.09 109 20 2 113001.98 109 20 3 114234.32 109 20 4 114122.65 Create a dataset having sum of sales by different stores.Also format the sales from different depts. Answer proc sort data = mydat; by store; run; data sumsales; set mydat; by store; if first.stote then sum=0; sum+sales; if last.store; drop dept quarter sales; format sum dollar13.2; run; Question: Dataset student1 is given as: DATA student1; INPUT id $ quiz score; CARDS; 001 1 6 002 1 5 003 1 7 003 2 4 005 1 8 004 1 . 004 2 . 001 2 8 001 3 6 005 2 . 002 2 9 003 3 3 005 3 7 002 3 6 004 3 . ;run; Using the concept of first.var and last.var, find the quiz(out of the three) for which score of a particular student is maximum. The final dataset should be like: id score 001 8 002 9 003 7

and so on.. Answer: PROC SORT DATA=student1; BY id quiz; RUN; DATA student2; SET student1; BY id; RETAIN highest; IF FIRST.id THEN highest=.; highest = MAX(highest, score); drop quiz score; if last.id; RUN; Question: data work.test; First = lpswich, England; /* length of var first is 16 */ City = substr(First,1,7); run; What is the length of variable City in output dataset? A. 7 B. 8 C. 16 D. Missing Value Answer: : C. 16 Question: I have a dataset misval. I want to replace all the missing values with the mean value of that variable. data misval ; input var1-var5; datalines; 1.166 25277 35.88 45499 5 5 5 . 10 ; Answer: Use proc standard + replace option proc standard data = misval out = misval2 replace; run; Question: I want to count how many times day is repeated in the string good good study, day day up Answer: data a; x=good good study, day day up; y=count(x,day); run; Question: How to put leading zeros in front of numbers having len less then 9? data mydat; input prsnno; cards; 1234 12345 123456 1234567 12345678

123456789 ; run; Answer: data mydat1; set mydat; length psn_char $9.; psn_char = put(prsnno,z9.); run; Question: How to put leading zeros in front of prsnno(char var) having len less then 9? data mydat; length prsnno $9; input prsnno $ ; cards; 1234 12345 123456 1234567 12345678 123456789 ; run; Answer: data mydat2; set mydat; format y z9.; y=prsnno*1; run;