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Jedrzej
Obsidian | Level 7

Hi,

 

I have to add labels to columns in about 100 sas tables that are in one libary.

 

I have one table with variables that contains

1  name of the tables

2 name of columns in these tables

3 name of labels that I shoud add

 

how can i do it ? i was thinking about using proc datasets and macros.

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Kurt_Bremser
Super User

Yes (proc datasets) and no (macros).

proc sort data=column_labels;
by table_name;
run;

data _null_;
set column_labels end=done;
by table_name;
if _n_ = 1 then call execute("proc datasets library=your_lib;");
if first.table_name then call execute("modify " !! trim(table_name) !! "; attrib ");
call execute(trim(column_name) !! " label='" !! trim(label) !!"' ");
if last.table_name then call execute("; "); * ends attrib statement;
if done then call execute("quit; run;");
run;

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Kurt_Bremser
Super User

Yes (proc datasets) and no (macros).

proc sort data=column_labels;
by table_name;
run;

data _null_;
set column_labels end=done;
by table_name;
if _n_ = 1 then call execute("proc datasets library=your_lib;");
if first.table_name then call execute("modify " !! trim(table_name) !! "; attrib ");
call execute(trim(column_name) !! " label='" !! trim(label) !!"' ");
if last.table_name then call execute("; "); * ends attrib statement;
if done then call execute("quit; run;");
run;
Jedrzej
Obsidian | Level 7
brilliant ! thank you !

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