The following SAS DATA step is submitted:

data work.accounting;
set work.department;
length jobcode $ 12;
run;

The WORK.DEPARTMENT SAS data set contains a character variable named JOBCODE with a length of 5. Which one of the following is the length of the variable JOBCODE in the output data set?

A. 5
B. 8
C. 12
D. The length cannot be determined as the program fails to execute due to errors.