title: How to load CSV files into SPSS Variable and Value Labels
body: <p><strong>Summary</strong></p>
  
  <p>Let me preface this by saying I'm new to SPSS so I apologize if my terminology is incorrect.  I have two CSV files about the same survey (one with the 'Variable Labels' and one with the 'Value Labels'.  I want to combine these without having to manually code through each syntax (if possible).</p>
  
  <p>1 - CSV with <strong>Value</strong> Labels</p>
  
  <pre><code>respondent_id,     I_am_between,  I_am_happy
  3470220950,     26-33 years old,  Sometimes
  3470226804,     34-41 years old,  Very Often
  3470226906,     34-41 years old,  Sometimes
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>2 - CSV with <strong>Values</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>respondent_id,    I_am_between,     I_am_happy
  3470220950,                  2,     3
  3470226804,                  3,     4
  3470226906,                  3,     3
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What I'm looking to do is match the question "I_am_between" variable label of '26-33 years old' to the value of '2'.  Is this possible in SPSS (and if so, how)?  Thanks.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Update to Jay's solution and comment</strong>: As mentioned in Jay's post, the first method might not load the answer in an order that you like if you want to keep rank/order.  For example, a question 'I_have_been_with_the_company' might load the following: (1='&lt;2 years', 2='>10 years', 3='3-5 years') when instead you would want (1='&lt;2 years', 2='3-5 years', etc.)  I fixed this by loading the second file (that shows values) and manually editing the labels.</p>
  
  <pre><code>VALUE LABELS
  I_have_been_with_the_company
  1 '&lt;2 years'
  2 '3-5 years'
  3 '5-7 years'
  4 '8- 10 years'
  5 '&gt;10 years'.
  
  EXECUTE.
  </code></pre>