VALUELABEL function

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.