VARIABLE ATTRIBUTE

VARIABLE ATTRIBUTE provides you with the ability to define your own variable attributes and assign attribute values to variables in the active dataset.

VARIABLE ATTRIBUTE  
         VARIABLES=varlist 
         ATTRIBUTE=name('value') name('value')...
                   arrayname[1]('value') arrayname[2]('value')...
         DELETE=name name...
                arrayname[n] arrayname...
         /VARIABLES...

This command takes effect immediately. It does not read the active dataset or execute pending transformations. See the topic Command Order for more information.

Release History

Release 14.0

  • Command introduced.

Example

VARIABLE ATTRIBUTE VARIABLES=Age Gender Region 
  ATTRIBUTE=DemographicVars ('1').