Basics:
Making a data set easy to understand, and producing
pretty results
Including
descriptive names for variables as
LABELS.
Introduction
We illustrate how to make column
heading easy to understand using a LABEL
statement in a SAS DATA step. The illustrations
use data read by a simple
SAS program that
consists of a portion of the full
data from a study of Intensive
Care.
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a. Adding Descriptive Labels to
variables
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1a1, 1a2
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DATA d; LABEL ...
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- Labels are a maximum of 40
characters/blanks.
- Include SAS variable name as last part of
LABEL
- The option LABEL (or SPLIT="/") is needed
for LABELS to be used in PROC PRINT.
- Labels will be printed on separate lines
with breaks at blanks.
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b. Dividing Labels by Lines
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Table 1b
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PROC PRINT SPLIT="/";..
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- Use a special character in the LABEL
statement (either / or *)
- Include SAS variable name as last part of
LABEL
- Identify the special character with a SPLIT
="/" options in PROC PRINT
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