Good workaround. For anyone interested:
- as Ben points out, no need for SAVE and GET. Use ADD FILES or MATCH
FILES instead: ADD FILES FILE=* /KEEP={unconcerned variables} reordered
variables {unconcerned variables} .
- the first {unconcerned variables} can have the form {first variable
in the file} TO {last unconcerned variable}
- for the second {unconcerned variables} you can use ALL.
frans
On 8/24/24 14:13, ft gmail wrote:
Thank you for the clarification. This is a pity as the command was
simple and helpful.
My workaroung was:
GET FILE="C:\Users\data\xx.sav".
SAVE OUTFILE="C:\Users\data\xxreordered.sav"
/KEEP
{unconcerned variables}
reordered variables
{unconcerned variables} .
GET FILE="C:\Users\data\xxreordered.sav".
Le 19/08/2024 à 02:00, Ben Pfaff a écrit :
MODIFY VARS was removed in version 2.0.0 because it is not part of
SPSS. The manual you are looking at must be for an older version of
PSPP.
You can use ADD FILES to reorder variables:
https://www.spss-tutorials.com/spss-reorder-variables-with-syntax/. (I
haven't tried this, but it should work. If it doesn't, please let me
know.)
On Sun, Aug 18, 2024 at 2:26 PM ft gmail <public....@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
I want to reorder variables to reuse the syntaxt for another data set
for a new one.
I get the following error message:
C:\Users\....sps:1.4-1.9: error: Unknown command `MODIFY'.
1 | MODIFY VARS
| ^~~~~~
Modify Vars is listed in the Online PSPP Manual.
http://gnu.ist.utl.pt/software/pspp/manual/html_node/MODIFY-VARS.html
So, I don't understand why PSPP declares it unknown.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks in advance
ftr
