value labels to a string variable

[Csernai, Eszter]

Dear List,

I am sure there is a way to create a string variable from the value labels of another variable in syntax instead of displaying the dictionary and writing the labeling syntax using that.
Any suggestions how to do this?

Thanks very much,
Eszter


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From the Help:

VALUELABEL. VALUELABEL(varname). String. Returns the value label for the value of variable or an empty string if there is no label for the value. The value of varname must be a variable name; it cannot be an expression.

Example
STRING labelvar (A120).
COMPUTE labelvar=VALUELABEL(var1).
DO REPEAT varlist=var2, var3, var4
         /newvars=labelvar2, labelvar3, labelvar4.
- STRING newvars(A120).
- COMPUTE newvars=VALUELABEL(varlist).
END REPEAT.

HTH.

Csernai, Eszter wrote

Dear List,

I am sure there is a way to create a string variable from the value labels of another variable in syntax instead of displaying the dictionary and writing the labeling syntax using that.
Any suggestions how to do this?

Thanks very much,
Eszter


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[Csernai, Eszter]

Thanks very much!
(I gave up on the help too early -- after searching only for "value labels" and not finding it in the top results)

Eszter



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Subject: Re: value labels to a string variable

From the Help:

VALUELABEL. VALUELABEL(varname). String. Returns the value label for the value of variable or an empty string if there is no label for the value. The value of varname must be a variable name; it cannot be an expression.

Example
STRING labelvar (A120).
COMPUTE labelvar=VALUELABEL(var1).
DO REPEAT varlist=var2, var3, var4
         /newvars=labelvar2, labelvar3, labelvar4.
- STRING newvars(A120).
- COMPUTE newvars=VALUELABEL(varlist).
END REPEAT.

HTH.


Csernai, Eszter wrote:

>
> Dear List,
>
> I am sure there is a way to create a string variable from the value
> labels of another variable in syntax instead of displaying the
> dictionary and writing the labeling syntax using that.
> Any suggestions how to do this?
>
> Thanks very much,
> Eszter
>
>
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