Date:         Thu, 15 Apr 1999 09:26:15 -0700
Reply-To:     Carla J Mast <Carla.J.Mast@AEXP.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Carla J Mast <Carla.J.Mast@AEXP.COM>

My guess is that you can't assign labels to array variables, as the variables
are only in effect during the data step.  I believe you'd have to assign
permanent names to the variables, then you could label them.
 
HTH,
Carla
 
 
 
From:   Nicolas.Pont%UNICIBLE.CH@Internet on 04/15/99 09:01 AM MST
To:     SAS-L%UGA.CC.UGA.EDU@Internet
cc:      (bcc: Carla J Mast)
Subject:
 
Hello
 
Somebody could help me ?
 
data test ;
  array sal(13) $4  ;
  do i=1 to 13 ;
    sal(i)='' ;
  end;
run ;
 
My data set test has 13 variables names SAL1-SAL13 initialized with blank
 
I would like to assign the same label to these 13 variables with a Do loop like
this :
 
data test ;
  array sal(13) $4  ;
  do i=1 to 13 ;
    sal(i)='' ;
  end;
 
  do i=1 to 13 ;
    label sal(i) = "TEST" ;
  end ;
run ;
 
I would like to know the correctly syntax without using a MACRO
 
Thanks for help me