The DATASETS Procedure

LABEL Statement

Assigns, changes, and removes variable labels in the SAS data set specified in the MODIFY statement.

Restriction: Must appear in a MODIFY RUN group

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LABEL variable-1=<'label-1'|' '>
<...variable-n=<'label-n'|' ' >>;

Required Arguments

variable=<'label'>

assigns a label to a variable. If a single quote appears in the label, write it as two single quotes in the LABEL statement. Specifying variable= or variable=' ' removes the current label.

Range:

1-40 characters

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Restriction:	Must appear in a MODIFY RUN group
Featured in:	Modifying SAS Data Sets