Date:         Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:16:05 -0800
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Subject:      Base sas certification question (Found somewhere )
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Base sas certification question
Flat file structure is as below
1----5----10
dan 23 45
bob 44 50
sue 30 80
mam 40 50

The following code is submitted.
data temp;
infile ‘file specification’;
input x $ 1-3;
if x='sue' then input age 5-6;
else input height 8-9;
run;

what would be the value of variable AGE in the dataset TEMP when variable X
has the value ‘Sue’?
a) 30
b) 44
c) 40
d) 55

Ans: c

can anyone plz explain me why the ans is 40. Thanks in advance.

Thanks
SL