Date:         Mon, 26 Jun 2000 14:49:37 +0100
Reply-To:     Peter Crawford <peter.crawford@DB.COM>
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From:         Peter Crawford <peter.crawford@DB.COM>
Subject:      Re: Setting all variable labels to blank
Comments: To: grueninger@ibgrueninger.de, Abelson_R@BLS.GOV
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I don't like throwing away information, so may I recommend using a view which has all labels set to blank, or, using  Ingenieurbuero Grueninger's technique they can be set to low values
data dataV / view = dataV ;

 set your.data ;

 attrib _all_  label = ' ';

/* or, following the idea from  Ingenieurbuero Grueninger */

 attrib _all_  label = '00'x ;

Run;

Using this technique
   you keep any information in the original labels;
   you don't need to generate all the variable names from dictionary.columns for "modify <varname> label=" statements in proc datasets;
   you don't generate a second copy of the data;
   you don't need to know _any_ variable names.


However, when using work.dataV, you would lose the benefit of any indexes on the underlying data.

Perhaps aceptable ?






Datum:         22/06/2000 13:11
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Antwort an:    grueninger@ibgrueninger.de

Betreff:       Re: Setting all variable labels to blank
Nachrichtentext:


And for those you which are curious to know how to avoid labels and
variable names with proc print:

data test;
  label x = '00'x;
  label y = '00'x;
  label z = '00'x;
  x = 1;
  y = 2;
  z = 3;
 run;
 proc contents;run;
 proc print label; run;


Abelson_R@BLS.GOV (Abelson_R) wrote:

>Is there an easy way to set all of the variable labels in a dataset to
>blank?

Ingenieurbuero Grueninger
Uhlbergstr. 15
72631 Aichtal (Germany)
email: grueninger@ibgrueninger.de