Date:         Fri, 8 Jun 2001 11:37:07 -0400
Reply-To:     "Diskin, Dennis" <Dennis.Diskin@PHARMA.COM>
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From:         "Diskin, Dennis" <Dennis.Diskin@PHARMA.COM>
Subject:      Re: Variable values as column labels
Comments: To: Jerry Davis <jwd@GAES.GRIFFIN.PEACHNET.EDU>
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Jerry,

Unless I misunderstand, this does not make logical sense. The label you are
proposing would have a different value for each observation.
If however, year1 and year2 are constants, then some macro code could be
used to set the label.
e.g.

data _null_;
call symput('labl',put(year1-year2,best8.));
stop;
run;

your data or proc step could then have:
label degday ="&labl";

hth,
Dennis Diskin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerry Davis [SMTP:jwd@GAES.GRIFFIN.PEACHNET.EDU]
> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 10:49 AM
> To:   SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject:      Variable values as column labels
>
> A user asked me if it was possible to use the value generated from an
> arithmetic operation in a label statement.  Ideally, something like:
>
> label degday=year1 - year 2;
>
> So the value of degday would appear as the label, not the string 'year1
> - year2';
>
> I think I have seen this done before but couldn't find anything in the
> manuals or sample library.  For the record, I hate doing this sort of
> thing and don't see why people want to change SAS' default output.  :)
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Jerry
> --
> Jerry Davis
> Experimental Statistics
> UGA, CAES, Griffin Campus