In SAS, how do I make my variable names more descriptive?

The variable names in SAS can have a maximum length of 32 characters; however, sometimes this may not make the variable names descriptive enough for use at a later date, or for use by others.

You can use the label statement to add descriptive labels to your variables. The following example creates a dataset called scores which contains the variables name (student name) and score (score on the final exam):

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