Users can modify the CrossTabFreqs template to display only labels in PROC FREQ CrossTabs results. The sample program on the Full Code tab presents an alternative method for users who do not want to modify the template. The VALIDVARNAME=ANY system option enables you to create new data set variables whose names are the labels for the existing variables. The new variables can then be used in the PROC FREQ step.

Note of caution:
SAS variable names cannot exceed 32 characters in length. If a variable label exceeds 32 characters, the sample code generates an error.

A sample showing the method for modifying the Base.Freq.CrossTabFreqs template to display only labels can be found in SAS Note 48277.

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The sample code below uses the VALIDVARNAME=ANY system option to create new data set variables whose names are the labels for the existing variables. The new variables can then be used in the PROC FREQ step.

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/* Create a data set that adds variable labels */ 
data tempclass;
   set sashelp.class;
   label age='Age in Years'
         sex='Student Gender';
run;

data _null_;
   set tempclass;
   call symput('age',vlabel(age));
   call symput('sex',vlabel(sex));
run;

%put &age; 
%put &sex;

options validvarname=any;

data tempclass;
   set tempclass;
   "&age"n=age;
   "&sex"n=sex;
run;

proc print;
run;

ods html file='temp.html';

/* Specify the variable names using a name literal */
proc freq data=tempclass;
   tables "&age"n * "&sex"n / norow nocol;
run;

ods html close;

/* Reset the VALIDVARNAME= option to its default value */
options validvarname=V7;  
 

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Click here to view the HTML results.

This sample illustrates how to display only variable labels in PROC FREQ two-way tables without modifying the Base.Freq.CrossTabFreqs template.

Type:

Sample

Date Modified:	2012-11-07 09:33:07
Date Created:	2012-10-26 09:14:26

Operating System and Release Information

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		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64	9.21_M1		9.2 TS2M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64	9.21_M1		9.2 TS2M0
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