As Hai.juo has mentioned: Variable Name - this is an identifier, keep it short and simple, makes coding a lot easier. Its only for programming, so needs not have anything fancy. Variable Label - this is the nice frilly output reference which won't be used in programming. data want; set have; var="The variable is called var"; label var "The label however here describes what var is for and is used in the output"; run;
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