Date:         Thu, 1 Sep 2005 21:10:47 -0700
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Subject:      Re: assigning many variable labels?
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Actually you ask SAS to a label generate statement for u. That is sas
macro. As long as the request has logics that can be programminged, SAS
macro can be a big help.

Here is an example.

HTH

data t1;
  retain a b c d e f;
run;

* recode a b c want recode as a_new b_new c_new;

%macro label(n=3, varlist=a b c);
  %let new=;
  %do i=1 %to &n;
    %let new=&new %scan(&varlist,&i)_new="%scan(&varlist,&i) recode";
  %end;
  label &new
%mend;

data t2;
  set t1;
  a_new=a; d_new=d; e_new=e ; f_new=f;
  %label(n=4, varlist=a d e f)
  ;
run;

proc contents; run;