in the flow of data step processing, what is the first action in a typical data step? : Sas programming



in the flow of data step processing, what is the first action in a typical data step? : Sas programm..

Answer / Vipin Kumar

In a typical data step in SAS, the first action is to read observations from the input data set specified by the SET or MERGE statement. This process continues until there are no more observations left in the input data set.

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