WHAT IS DEBUGGING? HOW TO TEST THE DEBUGGING IN SAS?
- 3 Answers
- 10076 Views
- Accenture, I also Faced
- E-Mail Answers
Answers were Sorted based on User's Feedback
Answer / rajaanku11
Debugging is the process of testing the logic of the program.
To debug the sas Datastep: use the Debug clause after '/' in
the data statement and execute. If needed set watch points,
and keep on pressing enter key while Observing the values
in the debugger log window.Finally exit from it.
To debug the Macro programs, use the system options like
Symbolgen,Mlogic, Mprint.
Debugging is also supported by the log window by
notes,warnings, errors and messeges of and Error macro
variables.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 20 Yes | 0 No |
Answer / venkatesh.layam
debugging is error identifier process.if you have any
errors in your programme it will display in log window
the errors are different type
syntaxal error
semantic errors
exection time errors
logical errors:which can not gives the error message but
the results are change dynamically.
macro debugging(by using mlogic mprint symbolgen)
>and can identify errors in the programme by using debug
option'/';
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 1 Yes | 1 No |
Explain the main difference between the sas procedures and functions? : Sas-administrator
Why Info School? BUILD YOUR CAREER WITH RIGHT GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT SAS Training in Data Management at InfoSchool Bangalore
what versions of sas have you used (on which platforms)? : Sas programming
when we are using the PROC TRANSPOSE? OBSERVATIONS are repeated then what will happen and what it will show in log window.
How does SAS handle missing values in: assignment statements, functions, a merge, an update, sort order, formats, PROCs?
What SAS statements would you code to read an external raw data file to a DATA step?
1.What is the difference between _NULL_ , _ALL_, and _N_? 2.What are the uses of _NULL_ using in Data Steps? Can we _NULL_ in Proc Steps also? 3.How do call the macro variable in Data Steps? 4.How to construct Pivot tables in Excel Using SAS?
What is interleaving in SAS?
If reading a variable length file with fixed input, how would you prevent SAS from reading the next record if the last variable didn’t have a value?
This entry was posted in General. Bookmark the permalink. Post a comment or leave
Explain bmdp procedure?
For what purposes have you used sas macros? : sas-macro
Teradata 
