topic Re: Why arent my labels working in proc print? in SAS Programming

Why arent my labels working in proc print?

EricB40 — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 21:39:13 GMT

data MARRIAGE;
infile '/home/u63556826/sasuser.v94/MARR500 (2).DAT';

input WOMAN 1-5
MARRSTAT $ 7
GATTPREG 25-26
HATTPREG 27-28;

if MARRSTAT = 8 then MARRSTAT = .;
if MARRSTAT = 9 then MARRSTAT = .;
if GATTPREG > 8 then GATTPREG = .;
IF HATTPREG > 8 then HATTPREG = .;

if 0<= GATTPREG < 5 then GR_ATTITUDE = 1;
if GATTPREG >=5 then GR_ATTITUDE = 0;

if 0<= HATTPREG < 5 then HB_ATTITUDE = 1;
if HATTPREG >=5 then HB_ATTITUDE = 0;

proc print data=marriage;

label WOMAN = "Mother's ID";
label MARRSTAT = "Marital Status";
label GATTPREG = "Gravida's Attitude Towards Pregnancy";
label HATTPREG = "Husband's Attitude Towards Pregnancy";

run;

In procprint, the labels still say Woman, MARRSTAT, etc.

Re: Why arent my labels working in proc print?

ballardw — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 22:09:36 GMT

Proc Print is very old and needs to be told explicitly to use labels:

proc print data=marriage LABEL;

Parially has to do with some of the options designed for line printers.

If you don't actually want the observation number column then the option NOOBS will suppress those.

Re: Why arent my labels working in proc print?

EricB40 — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 22:16:22 GMT

thank you for your help