The documentation says "MPRINT is effective only when MEXPAND is ON and is independent of the PRINTBACK subcommand."
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/spss-statistics/SaaS?topic=set-mexpand-mprint-subcommands-command + no it does not print it even if "set printback=on." is included. Am So., 9. Mai 2021 um 16:17 Uhr schrieb Frans Houweling < fhouwel...@email.it>: > It should print the expanded macro. Do you have SET PRINTBACK = ON. ? > On 5/9/21 3:25 PM, Matthias Faeth wrote: > > It seems that MPRINT does not do anything in the output. Whether it is set > to on or off there is no reprinting of macros. At least with the type of > macros I use. > > > Am Di., 4. Mai 2021 um 20:38 Uhr schrieb Ben Pfaff <b...@cs.stanford.edu>: > >> (I have 7700 examples of SPSS output and none of them contains the >> string MPRINT.) >> >> On Tue, May 4, 2021 at 11:36 AM Ben Pfaff <b...@cs.stanford.edu> wrote: >> > >> > Usually, it's pretty clear what macro examples do and what they expand >> to. >> > I'm looking for an MPRINT example because I want to know how macro >> > expansion looks in output; I haven't seen any examples. >> > >> > On Tue, May 4, 2021 at 1:04 AM John Darrington >> > <j...@darrington.wattle.id.au> wrote: >> > > >> > > There are a lot of examples at https://www.spsstools.net/en/macros/ >> > > >> > > Unfortunately however very few of them come with the expected output, >> > > which somewhat limits the site's usefullness. >> > > >> > > J' >> > > >> > > On Mon, May 03, 2021 at 09:24:55AM -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote: >> > > Some time ago I asked for examples of CTABLES (Custom Tables). >> > > I received a few examples from one person. I noticed that all of >> his >> > > examples used the SPSS macro processor (the DEFINE command), >> > > so I decided to implement that as a prerequisite for CTABLES. >> Over >> > > the last few weeks, I've been doing that, and last night I got a >> > > prototype implementation of it working. There is still a lot of >> work to >> > > do, and the SPSS documentation is ambiguous in many ways, so >> > > I'd appreciate it if anyone who uses DEFINE sends me examples. >> > > Examples that use the various functions (especially !EVAL, which >> > > is a mystery) or !IF or !LOOP are especially welcome. I haven't >> > > been able to find any examples of !EVAL and the description is >> > > unclear. >> > > >> > > Thanks, >> > > >> > > Ben. >> >>
