Can you send us the code which runs on spss but not on pspp. Thank you.
On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 07:59:34AM -0700, Elio Spinello wrote: I'm aware of the datafile limitation,?? but according to the Save Translate section of the manual,?? "The??RENAMEsubcommand can also be used to change the names under which variables are saved; because they are used only in the output, these names do not have to conform to the usual PSPP variable naming rules. "FWIW the same code does run properly under SPSS.ElioSent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device -------- Original message --------From: John Darrington <j...@darrington.wattle.id.au> Date: 8/16/19 1:49 AM (GMT-08:00) To: Elio Spinello <espine...@rpmconsulting.com> Cc: 'John Darrington' <j...@darrington.wattle.id.au>, pspp-users@gnu.org Subject: Re: Problem with /Rename with Save Translate Variable names (and other identifiers) cannot contain spaces.See chapter 6 of the manual.J'On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 12:42:41PM -0700, Elio Spinello wrote:???????? I'm running it under Windows 10. Your example runs find but aside from a???????? minor syntax error I found in my code, it appears that the problem is with???????? the long column names containing spaces. I have tried using single quotes,???????? double quotes, and square brackets. Are they not supported????????? ???????? Elio Spinello???????? ???????? ???????? Elio Spinello, EdD???????? Partner???????? RPM Consulting, LLC???????? 17130 Devonshire St. Suite 101???????? Northridge, CA 91325???????? v. (818) 831-7607???????? f. (818) 831-9078???????? mobile: (818) 570-ELIO (3546)???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? -----Original Message-----???????? From: John Darrington <j...@darrington.wattle.id.au> ???????? Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 9:49 PM???????? To: Elio Spinello <espine...@rpmconsulting.com>???????? Cc: 'John Darrington' <j...@darrington.wattle.id.au>; pspp-users@gnu.org???????? Subject: Re: Problem with /Rename with Save Translate???????? ???????? You don't say what version of pspp you are using, but so far as I can???????? recall, there haven't been any changes in save translate for quite a while.???????? ???????? I tried the following syntax and it worked just fine on pspp 1.3.0.?? Perhaps???????? you can try it too:???????? ???????? ???????? data list notable list /x y *.???????? begin data???????? 1 2???????? 3 4???????? end data.???????? ???????? save translate /outfile='xx.csv'???????? /type=csv???????? /replace???????? /fieldnames???????? /unselected=delete???????? /rename (x y=a b)???????? .???????? ???????? ???????? J'???????? ???????? On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 04:12:59PM -0700, Elio Spinello wrote:?????????????????? I have not been able to get the /Rename subcommand to work on a "Save???????? Translate" command.?? The error that I consistently get is the following:?????????????????? ?????????????????? ?????????????????? ???????????????????? ?????????????????? ?????????????????????? I have tried a number of variations to the syntax including:?????????????????? ???????????????????? ?????????????????? ?????????????????????????? SAVE TRANSLATE ?????????????????? ?????????????????? /OUTFILE='e:\Databases\Updates\RCRA\hreport_univ_CA5.csv"?????????????????? ?????????????????????? /TYPE=CSV?????????????????? ?????????????????????? /MAP?????????????????? ?????????????????????? /REPLACE?????????????????? ?????????????????????? /FIELDNAMES?????????????????? ?????????????????????? /Unselected=DELETE?????????????????? ???????????????????????? /RENAME?? (Var1 Var2=Test1 Test2)?????????????????? ???????????????????????? .?????????????????? ???????????????????? ?????????????????? ?????????????????????????? SAVE TRANSLATE ?????????????????? ?????????????????? /OUTFILE='e:\Databases\Updates\RCRA\hreport_univ_CA5.csv"?????????????????? ?????????????????????? /TYPE=CSV?????????????????? ?????????????????????? /MAP?????????????????? ?????????????????????? /REPLACE?????????????????? ?????????????????????? /FIELDNAMES?????????????????? ?????????????????????? /Unselected=DELETE?????????????????? ???????????????????????? /RENAME = Var1=Test2?????????????????? ???????????????????????? .?????????????????? ???????????????????? ?????????????????? ?????????????????????????? SAVE TRANSLATE ?????????????????? ?????????????????? /OUTFILE='e:\Databases\Updates\RCRA\hreport_univ_CA5.csv"?????????????????? ?????????????????????? /TYPE=CSV?????????????????? ?????????????????????? /MAP?????????????????? ?????????????????????? /REPLACE?????????????????? ?????????????????????? /FIELDNAMES?????????????????? ?????????????????????? /Unselected=DELETE?????????????????? ???????????????????????? /RENAME = (Var1=Test2)?????????????????? ???????????????????????? .?????????????????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? --???????? Avoid eavesdropping.?? Send strong encrypted email.???????? PGP Public key ID: 1024D/2DE827B3???????? fingerprint = 8797 A26D 0854 2EAB 0285?? A290 8A67 719C 2DE8 27B3 See???????? http://sks-keyservers.net or any PGP keyserver for public key.???????? -- Avoid eavesdropping.?? Send strong encrypted email.PGP Public key ID: 1024D/2DE827B3 fingerprint = 8797 A26D 0854 2EAB 0285?? 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