On 3/25/2015 10:00 AM, ftr wrote:
Frans,
I don't understand why you don't change the variable width for your
string variables. This seems the most easiest way for everyone.
Cheers,
ftr
If you have dozens of variables in dozens of files, it's not "easy" to
fix this problem.
I find this most often arises when I have used CSV or a Spreadsheet to
hold data for several different instances that later needs to be
integrated. For example, I've been involved in projects where data was
gathered each semester at a few schools. To later join that data is a
nightmare if there are many string variables.
Also, if you know that this is going to be an issue, you can do more to
avoid it. The annoying thing about this issue in SPSS (and PSPP) is that
you find out about the problem when the join fails. If you don't know to
avoid this, it can be maddening to repeatedly run join and have to fix
each issue individually.
-Alan
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