Associates descriptive labels with variables in
the input data
set.
Restriction: |
You must specify the LABEL option in the
PROC FSEDIT statement in order for fields in the FSEDIT window to be identified
with labels rather than with variable names. Thus, the LABEL statement is
useful only in conjunction with the LABEL option.
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Reminder: |
Labels that you specify in the LABEL statement
are ignored if you specify an existing SCREEN entry in the SCREEN= option
of the PROC FSEDIT statement.
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LABEL variable='label' <...
variable-n='label-n'>;
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At
least one pair of the following arguments is required:
- variable
-
is the name of a variable from the input data set.
- label
-
is a string up to 256 characters long.
By default, the FSEDIT procedure identifies each field in the FSEDIT
window with the corresponding variable name. Labels can be longer and more
informative than variable names.
Variable labels that are specified in a LABEL statement take precedence
over labels that are stored in the data set itself. The LABEL statement does
not affect any variable labels that are stored in the data set.
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