Hi Gene
You indeed found a bug in the GUI of PSPP. I can reproduce it.
The correct syntax for your import is:
GET DATA
/TYPE=TXT
/FILE="C:\Users\xxxxx\Downloads\testing.csv"
/ARRANGEMENT=DELIMITED
/DELCASE=LINE
/FIRSTCASE=2
/DELIMITERS=","
/VARIABLES=
id F1.0
var1 F2.0
var2 F2.0.
The bug must be there for a longer time as it was already in the 2017-07-30
version. However it is solved in the 2017-11-16 version. This version is a
bit experimental but has some benefits too. At least the issue with quotes
when editing syntax is solved too.
Have fun
<https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnu-pspp> Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2018
> 19:30:39 -0500
> From: someone <maffyd...@aol.com>
> To: bug-gnu-p...@gnu.org
> Subject: PSPP-BUG: reading csv data set
> Message-ID: <160b96d59f1-c0c-2...@webjasstg-vab16.srv.aolmail.net>
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>
> Hi,
>
>
>
>
> It seems highly possible there is some kind of bug with a version of pspp.
>
>
>
> I think I have windows 10, on a 64 bit laptop, and I downloaded pspp a
> couple of days ago from here
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/pspp4windows/
>
>
>
>
> I am pretty sure there is something wrong with the pspp version I got.
> I made a simple csv file here, called "testing.csv"
>
>
>
> https://sites.google.com/site/gsocialchange/datasets
>
>
>
>
> I followed these steps on the pspp gui, and got a data set, but see the
> problems below
>
>
>
> file
> import data
> click on "testing.csv"
> buttons on lower right are "reset", "next", "cancel"
> click on next
> upper left shows
> "Select the lines to import"
> "Select file to import"
> lower right shows "reset", "next", "back", "finish" and "cancel"
> click on next
> upper left shows
> "Select the first line"
> "Select file to import"
> click on next
> upper left shows
> "choose separators"
> "Select file to import"
> now lower right only shows "reset", "next", "back" and "cancel"
> upper left shows
> "adjust variable formats"
> "Select file to import"
> lower right had "finish"
> click finish
>
>
> data set is read in, but:
> variable names disappeared
> there is an extra first and last line
>
>
>
>
> At each step where the upper left showed that I was -supposed- to be able
> to do something, there was no opportunity to do so, nothing appeared which
> would allow me to select, choose, adjust, or anything.
>
>
> This seems to be a really simple csv data set, and it didn't work, so I
> can only conclude this version of pspp isn't working, for the windows set
> up I have.
>
>
> Just fyi, I had the problem first with a data set at the same location,
> called pd_data_cia.csv. I -could- import the ods version of that data set.
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Gene Shackman
> Albany NY
>
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