And if John's explanation is insufficient, please explain what you are trying to do. A recode statement (if your conditions depend on values of one variable) or compute statements in IF or DO IF blocks (otherwise) may be necessary to accomplish what you want.
-Alan On 10/23/2017 12:00 PM, John Darrington wrote: > In PSPP, the simplest way to create a new variable, and assign values > to it derived from existing variables is using the COMPUTE command. > For example if you have existing variables v1, v2 and v3, you could > create a new variable as follows: > > compute newVar = v1 or v2 or v3. > > (don't forget the . at the end) > > J' > > On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 01:12:03PM -0300, Betsab?? Cohen wrote: > Hi everyone: > I'm a recent user of PSPP and i'm trying to create a new variable from > three other variables using a conditional. In Excel i would use IF and OR > functions but i don't know what should i used in pspp sintaxys: > > The idea is to create a new variable as follows: > > > NEW Variable "Condicion_Actividad" > Existing variables > Cod.1= Var5=1 or Var6=1 or Var7=1 > Cod.2= Var8=1 > Cod.3= Var8=2 > > Thanks in advance. > > Betsy > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pspp-users mailing list > Pspp-users@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pspp-users -- Alan D. Mead, Ph.D. President, Talent Algorithms Inc. science + technology = better workers http://www.alanmead.org I've... seen things you people wouldn't believe... functions on fire in a copy of Orion. I watched C-Sharp glitter in the dark near a programmable gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like Ruby... on... Rails... Time for Pi. --"The Register" user Alister, applying the famous "Blade Runner" speech to software development
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