On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 11:17:53PM +0000, Crichton, Ronald wrote: > I've noticed a problem with the INCLUDE FILE function. Please see the > attachment. The only difference between the two examples in the > attachment is that in example 1 the select statement is placed on the > line immediately following the comment, whereas in example 2 there is > a space (carriage return) between the comment and select. When the > select statement follows the comment without a space PSPP behaves as > though the select statement were commented out. Note the difference > in the frequencies function in each example. > > Having discovered this issue the workaround is simple - leave a space. > Though, unsuspecting users who are not aware of the problem may assume > the select is functioning when it is not.
Syntax in the GUI is currently parsed in SPSS "interactive mode", which means that a command ends with a line that ends with a period, or at the first blank line. A comment command is no different. This means that your first syntax comments out the INCLUDE command. We could make the GUI parse syntax in PSPP's "auto" mode, which generally does a pretty good job of guessing where one command ends and the next begins. This mode parses your file as you expect. _______________________________________________ Pspp-users mailing list Pspp-users@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pspp-users
