Hi Alan & list Unfortunately my main computer died about a month ago. I ordered a new one but there are huge problems in the delivery. I should have received the new one weeks ago but I am still waiting. :-( At the moment I can't build a new MSWindows version of PSPP.
Stay safe Op ma 24 aug. 2020 om 17:53 schreef Alan Mead <ame...@alanmead.org>: > On 8/23/2020 11:46 PM, John Darrington wrote: > > I suspect the problem is that you have no value which is exactly equal to 82 > in your dataset. Perhaps you have 82.0000000000001 or 81.999999999999998, > either of which might display as "82" dependening on the number of decimals > defined fro the variable. > > If you upgrade to pspp version 1.4.0 you might find it easier, since the > find algorithm has been changed for numeric values, such that it considers > only the number of decimals for which the variable has been defined. > > J' > > > John, > > Using version 1.3.0 (GNU pspp 1.3.0-g937088), I can replicate this > behavior on Windows PSPPIRE using string variables. I created a new string > variable, country, and typed in some values. Then searched for the string > value. Nothing happened. I assume it's supposed to highlight that row or > give it focus or something. If so, it seems to be broken. > > @Domingo: Harry Thijssen produces the Windows compiled packages and > installations. We'll have to wait for a version 1.4.0 from him (or compile > it yourself). > > -Alan > > > -- > > Alan D. Mead, Ph.D. > President, Talent Algorithms Inc. > > science + technology = better workers > http://www.alanmead.org > > The irony of this ... is that the Internet is > both almost-infinitely expandable, while at the > same time constrained within its own pre-defined > box. And if that makes no sense to you, just > reflect on the existence of Facebook. We have > the vastness of the internet and yet billions > of people decided to spend most of them time > within a horribly designed, fake-news emporium > of a website that sucks every possible piece of > personal information out of you so it can sell it > to others. And they see nothing wrong with that. > > -- Kieren McCarthy, commenting on why we are not > all using IPv6 > >
