Date:         Tue, 8 Nov 2005 10:49:31 -0500
Reply-To:     "Fehd, Ronald J" <rjf2@CDC.GOV>
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From:         "Fehd, Ronald J" <rjf2@CDC.GOV>
Subject:      Re: Rename Variable
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> From: Richie
>
> I am trying to rename a variable. The code works fine

provide code:
data step?
proc DataSets?

> and the when I do
> Proc Contents it does show me that the variable has been
> renamed but in the SAS data set it still shows the old name.

that statement does not compute:
either proc contents shows the new name or it does not.

make sure you are looking at the same data set:
either in libref work or libref library.

> When I check column attributes the name is changed but the label is
> still the old one which I guess is the reason why SAS data set has the
> old variable name. How do I change that so that the data set has the
> new name?

<sigh>
this is the main reason I recommend using the attribute statement
to define the data structure
-- instead of various combinations of,
occasionally missing --
length, label, format, informat

attrib VarA length = <$> 8 format = $char8. informat = <etc>
            label  = 'VarA explanation'
       ;

Ron Fehd  the data structure maven  CDC Atlanta GA USA RJF2 at cdc dot
gov