SAS System Options

LABEL System Option

Specifies whether SAS procedures can use labels with variables.

Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window
Category:	Log and procedure output control: Procedure output
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	LISTCONTROL

Syntax

LABEL | NOLABEL

LABEL: specifies that SAS procedures can use labels with variables. The LABEL system option must be in effect before the LABEL option of any procedure can be used.
NOLABEL: specifies that SAS procedures cannot use labels with variables. If NOLABEL is specified, the LABEL option of a procedure is ignored.

A label is a string of up to 256 characters that can be written by certain procedures in place of the variable's name.