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Question-: Setting System options applies to?

Answer: Entire active SAS session and not to the specific program.



Question-: If you want to process only observations between 3 and 10, how can you control that?

Answer: We can control this using OBS= and FIRSTOBS= options. In this case we would put FIRSTOBS=3 and OBS=10. Hence, it would start processing the 3rd observation go until 10th observations.



Question-: Can I override the system option in the current session for specific data step?

Answer: Yes, we can do. For a particular data step by putting them in parenthesis at the end of statement for example as below.
proc print data=he_sas.he_data(firstobs=3 obs=10);



Question-: While using the SORT procedure, how the missing values are treated by default?

Answer: By default, missing values are treated as smallest possible values.

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