Date:         Thu, 15 Apr 1999 18:56:36 -0400
Reply-To:     S David Riba <dave@JADETEK.COM>
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From:         S David Riba <dave@JADETEK.COM>
Subject:      Re: LABEL question
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As Ian Whitlock and John Whittington so patiently explained, Nicolas Pont's
request can not be done during the EXECUTION of the data step because labels
are assigned at COMPILE time.  Sorry to say I can't use the excuse of jet
lag, since I *drove* back from SUGI 24.  However, here is an example (tested
this time) that will do what Nicolas wants without the use of macros:
 
data _null_ ;
  ARRAY sal(13) $4 _temporary_ ;
  call execute('DATA test ;') ;
  call execute('ARRAY sal(13) $4  sal1 - sal13 ;') ;
  call execute('LABEL ') ;
  do i=1 to dim(sal) ;
    text = 'sal' || left(put(i,8.)) || '= "TEST"' ;
    call execute(text) ;
  end;
  call execute('; run ;') ;
  stop ;
run ;
 
Any questions?
 
 
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