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sas >> Print a list of all variables, format, labels and value labels

by skauchali » Sat, 14 May 2005 14:29:29 GMT

Hello all; thanks for taking this little questions. I am a novice with
SAS, but have a steep learning curve. I have tried to print a list of
all variables with their labels and format type (char or num, etc) in
my database using the PROC CONTENTS function. What it does not place in
this output is a list of VALUE LABELS (e.g for variable Gender: Values
1, 2: Value labels 1-FEMALE 2-MALE); Yes, I have these value labels in
the database that are in 'lookup tables', that I created using EpiInfo
V3.2.2 (MSAccess backend). My question is: how do I get SAS PROC
CONTENTS print these value labels out, so that I have a comprehensive
CODEBOOK ready for use. My workaround this difficulty is to print using
PROC CONTENTS as RTF using ODS output style; then adding a column for
Value Labels and manually enter these for all variables that have been
entered 'comment legal' values.

Many thanks once again.
Best wishes,
Shuaib


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sas >> Print a list of all variables, format, labels and value labels

by nospam » Sun, 15 May 2005 20:39:56 GMT


I presume that the 'lookup tables' to which you refer are formats, since
SAS does not support 'lookup tables' per se, and formats are the usual
device for managing value labels.

PROC FORMAT's CNTLOUT option will export the labels to a data set. You can
combine such a data set with the PROC CONTENTS output to build your
codebook. It may be possible to do this with a MERGE statement, but if a
format has two or more labels and is used with two or more variables you
are dealing with a many-to-many combination, where a PROC SQL join will be
advantageous.





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sas >> Print a list of all variables, format, labels and value labels

by Bob_Abelson » Mon, 16 May 2005 21:46:48 GMT

Shuaib,

You can't get this from PROC CONTENTS alone. You will need to use PROC
FORMAT to get at the value labels for the formats, and then merge that
output with your PROC CONTENTS output.

HTH,

Bob Abelson
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Hello all; thanks for taking this little questions. I am a novice with
SAS, but have a steep learning curve. I have tried to print a list of
all variables with their labels and format type (char or num, etc) in
my database using the PROC CONTENTS function. What it does not place in
this output is a list of VALUE LABELS (e.g for variable Gender: Values
1, 2: Value labels 1-FEMALE 2-MALE); Yes, I have these value labels in
the database that are in 'lookup tables', that I created using EpiInfo
V3.2.2 (MSAccess backend). My question is: how do I get SAS PROC
CONTENTS print these value labels out, so that I have a comprehensive
CODEBOOK ready for use. My workaround this difficulty is to print using
PROC CONTENTS as RTF using ODS output style; then adding a column for
Value Labels and manually enter these for all variables that have been
entered 'comment legal' values.

Many thanks once again.
Best wishes,
Shuaib

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Print a list of all variables, format, labels and value labels

by skauchali » Tue, 17 May 2005 02:11:26 GMT

Thanks both Howard and Bob.
Bob: Could you give me an example of a code to use.

Many thanks.
SK


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