SAS Component Language Dictionary |
Category: | Variable |
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cval=VARLABEL(table-id,var-num); |
contains the label that is assigned to the specified column.
is the identifier that was assigned when the table was opened. If table-id is invalid, the program halts.
is the number of the column in the SAS table. This number is adjacent to the column in the list that is produced by the CONTENTS procedure. The VARNUM function returns this number.
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If no label has been assigned to the column, a blank string is returned.
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Obtain the label of the column NAME in the SAS table MYDATA:
length lab $ 40; dsid=open('mydata','i'); if dsid then do; lab=varlabel(dsid,varnum(dsid,'name')); rc=close(dsid); end;
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