Date:         Thu, 12 May 2011 04:25:40 -0700
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From:         Bruce Weaver <bruce.weaver@hotmail.com>
Subject:      Re: value labels to a string variable
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From the Help:

VALUELABEL. VALUELABEL(varname). String. Returns the value label for the
value of variable or an empty string if there is no label for the value. The
value of varname must be a variable name; it cannot be an expression.

Example
STRING labelvar (A120).
COMPUTE labelvar=VALUELABEL(var1).
DO REPEAT varlist=var2, var3, var4
         /newvars=labelvar2, labelvar3, labelvar4.
- STRING newvars(A120).
- COMPUTE newvars=VALUELABEL(varlist).
END REPEAT.

HTH.


Csernai, Eszter wrote:
>
> Dear List,
>
> I am sure there is a way to create a string variable from the value labels
> of another variable in syntax instead of displaying the dictionary and
> writing the labeling syntax using that.
> Any suggestions how to do this?
>
> Thanks very much,
> Eszter
>
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