spssdictionary.GetValueLabels Function (R)

spssdictionary.GetValueLabels(variable). Returns the value labels for the specified variable in the active dataset. The argument can be a character string specifying the variable name or an integer specifying the index value of the variable (index values represent position in the dataset, starting with 0 for the first variable in file order). Variable names must match case with the names as they exist in the active dataset's dictionary.

• The result is a list. The first element of the list is a vector of values that have associated labels. The second element of the list is a vector with the associated labels.
• If there are no value labels, the list contains empty vectors.

Example

List all variables without value labels.

BEGIN PROGRAM R.
novallabelList <- vector()
dict <- spssdictionary.GetDictionaryFromSPSS()
varnames <- dict["varName",]
for (name in varnames){
   if (length(spssdictionary.GetValueLabels(name)$values)==0)
       novallabelList <- append(novallabelList,name)
}
{if (length(novallabelList) > 0) {
   cat("Variables without value labels:\n")
   cat(novallabelList,sep="\n")}
else
   cat("All variables have value labels")
}
END PROGRAM.