| Other SAS Interview Questions |
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| Question | Asked @ | Answers |
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| Describe how you would pass data to macro. | | 3 |
| what is the difference between SET and MERGE? | CitiGroup | 10 |
| Can we replace a dataset into view? | CliniRx | 4 |
| WHAT DIFFERRENCE DID YOU FIND AMONG VERSION 6 8 AND 9 OF SAS. | Genzyme | 2 |
| how we can call macros with in data step? | Allianz | 11 |
| How do you debug and test your SAS programs?
What can you learn from the SAS log when debugging?
How do you test for missing values?
How would you create multiple observations from a single
observation?
What are some good SAS programming practices for processing
very large data sets?
Briefly describe 5 ways to do a "table lookup" in SAS.
Why is SAS considered self-documenting?
Are you sensitive to code walk-throughs, peer review, or QC
review?
What other SAS features do you use for error trapping and
data validation?
How does SAS handle missing values in: assignment
statements, functions, a merge, an update, sort order,
formats, PROCs?
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| How would you combine 3 or more tables with different
structures?
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| in ods is there any lib's | SAS | 1 |
| what is fact table and factless table? | | 1 |
| what is pdv? how it is related to input buffer in sas? | Satyam | 4 |
| What do you feel about hardcoding?
| Oracle | 4 |
| hi guys ...i have one query...
data abc;
input s w k g o t a m;
cards;
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
;
run;
i want the output to be the sorted order(only
variables).observations should not be changed.. | | 5 |
| How will you assign all the variables of an dataset into a
macro variable separated by a space? For example if a
dataset has variables A,B,C. Assign them to a macro variable
X as
X=A B C | Accenture | 2 |
| Does SAS ‘Translate’ (compile) or does it ‘Interpret’? Explain. | Accenture | 4 |
| what is portability of sas programmes? | Capital-One | 1 |
| What is the Program Data Vector (PDV)? What are its functions? | Accenture | 4 |
| what is the need of INDEX in datasets? | CitiGroup | 3 |
| If you have a data set that contains 100 variables, but you
need only five of those, what is the code to force SAS to
use only those variable? | Accenture | 8 |
| what is the frontend and backend of sas?
Is sas is a progaming langauge or tool?
on which langauge sas depends? | | 1 |
| At compile time when a SAS data set is read, what items are
created? | Accenture | 8 |
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