Ok – Alan. I will give it a try.
Take care, John ___________________________ Email: jhwh...@techwriteinc.com From: Pspp-users <pspp-users-bounces+jhwhite=techwriteinc....@gnu.org> On Behalf Of Alan Mead Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2022 7:08 PM To: pspp-users@gnu.org Subject: Re: Temporary Sounds like a bug. If you do: temporary. select if(X>1). freq / x. freq / X. My understanding is that the first FREQ should only show X > 1 and the second should show all cases. In fact, the manual entry uses almost this exact syntax: https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/manual/html_node/TEMPORARY.html There's also FILTER, which is (IMO) a more modern way to do this. FILTER is not temporary (in that sense), but can be disabled with "FILTER OFF." and depending on what you are selecting, you might prefer "SPLIT FILE": https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/manual/html_node/FILTER.html https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/manual/html_node/SPLIT-FILE.html https://www.garyfisk.com/pspp/30splitFile.html -Alan On 5/24/2022 2:52 PM, jhwh...@techwriteinc.com <mailto:jhwh...@techwriteinc.com> wrote: Thank you for the response. I agree with you. I ran a command after the “TEMPORARY” command – but the entire data set is still missing most of the data due to my “SELECT IF” COMMAND. The workaround is I am creating separate files for each select if command I use. Bulky for now. . . Take care, John ___________________________ Email: jhwh...@techwriteinc.com <mailto:jhwh...@techwriteinc.com> From: Pspp-users <mailto:pspp-users-bounces+jhwhite=techwriteinc....@gnu.org> <pspp-users-bounces+jhwhite=techwriteinc....@gnu.org> On Behalf Of ft gmail Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2022 3:45 PM To: pspp-users@gnu.org <mailto:pspp-users@gnu.org> Subject: Re: Temporary If I understand your question you get the data automatically "back" as the filter command only works for the next command or procedure. If you run temp. sel if (vars >=1) freq varx to vary. SAVE /OUTFILE={’file_name’,file_handle} you save the complete data set without the effect of the filter. HTH ftr On 24/05/2022 21:03, jhwh...@techwriteinc.com <mailto:jhwh...@techwriteinc.com> wrote: I am using the PSPP syntax commands: TEMPORARY SELECT IF (VAR1 >=1) Here is the question, I have several PSPP books. The “TEMPORARY” filter gets me the data I desired, but how do I get the data file back to the complete data set before I ran the PSPP syntax? I could not find the resolution in my PSPP books. Take care, John ___________________________ Email: jhwh...@techwriteinc.com <mailto:jhwh...@techwriteinc.com> -- Alan D. Mead, Ph.D. President, Talent Algorithms Inc. science + technology = better workers https://talalg.com Tsai Yu used to sleep during the day. The Master said: "Rotten wood cannot be carved, walls made of dirt and mud cannot be plastered: what is the good of reprimanding Yu?" "At first," he continued, "my way of dealing with others was to listen to their words and to take their actions upon trust. Now, my way is to listen to what they say and then to watch what they do. This change in me is owing to Yu." -- Confucius, Confucian Analects
