What is difference between sas rename and lable?

Answer Posted / 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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