Base SAS Certification Sample Question 13.1

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Assume the variable employee_id in the ecsql1.salesstaff table has a length of 8, and the program below runs without errors. Which of the below statements is true about the variable employee_id2?


data work.sales_id (keep=employee_id2);
    set ecsql1.salesstaff (keep=employee_id);
    employee_id2 = put(employee_id,$9.);
run;


a) employee_id2 is a numeric variable with length 8
b) employee_id2 is a numeric variable with length 9
c) employee_id2 is a character variable with length 8
d) employee_id2 is a character variable with length 9