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SPSS® 12.0 Command Syntax Reference

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FILE LABEL<br />

Overview<br />

FILE LABEL label<br />

FILE LABEL provides a descriptive label for a data file.<br />

<strong>Syntax</strong> Rules<br />

The only specification is a label up to 60 characters long.<br />

Operations<br />

Example<br />

• The file label is displayed in the Notes tables generated by procedures.<br />

• If the specified label is longer than 60 characters, the program truncates the label to 60<br />

characters without warning.<br />

• If the file is saved, the label is included in the dictionary of the SPSS-format data file.<br />

FILE LABEL Hubbard Industrial Consultants Inc. employee data.<br />

SAVE OUTFILE=HUBEMPL<br />

/RENAME=(AGE JOBCAT=AGE80 JOBCAT82) /MAP.<br />

• FILE LABEL assigns a file label to the Hubbard Consultants Inc. employee data.<br />

• The SAVE command saves the file as an SPSS-format data file, renaming two variables<br />

and mapping the results to check the renamed variables.<br />

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