The FCMP Procedure

ATTRIB Statement

Specifies format, label, and length information for variables.

ATTRIB variable(s) <FORMAT=format-name LABEL='label' LENGTH=length>;

variable: specifies the variables that you want to associate with attributes.

FORMAT=format-name: associates a format with variables in the variable argument.
LABEL='label': associates a label with variables in the variable argument.
LENGTH=length: specifies the length of the variable in the variable argument.

The following are examples of the ATTRIB statement:

attrib x1 format=date7. label='variable x1' length=5;

attrib x1 format=date7. label='variable x1' length=5
       x2 length=5
       x3 label='var x3' format=4.
       x4 length=$2 format=$4.;