What is difference between sas rename and lable?
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Answer / anuj kashyap
SAS rename is used for variable renaming while lables is
used to define/alter the lables of the vaiables
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Answer / n katepalli
variable name may be 32 characters but usually in the
industry its 8 char i.e we have lable's to rename it upto 40
char.Lable is alias name i.e the description of the variable.
sas rename is used for renaming the variables.
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Answer / kumar
rename occupies memory, where as label dosnt occupy space
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