Yeah, it's full of weird Unicode U+2028 Line Separator characters.
Nanci, what did you use to create this file? It is a super weird text file
that I would not expect any normal text editor to produce.
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On Fri, Jan 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM Nanci Avitable <avitab...@aaahawk.com>
wrote:
> The attached Workaround.sps is what I used based on Frans original
> suggestion just minus the Data List command. It's pretty much what you see
> in the output.
>
> On 1/17/25 11:02 AM, Ben Pfaff wrote:
>
> Those are good suggestions.
>
> Nanci, can you attach the syntax file, please?
>
> On Fri, Jan 17, 2025 at 9:53 AM Frans Houweling <fhouwel...@email.it>
> wrote:
>
>> Could it have to do with line endings or long lines, or character
>> encoding (like utf-32 instead of utf-8)? That is what "1.215-1.225" (row 1
>> columns 215 to 225) and
>>
>>
>> |
>> ^~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> suggest to me.
>>
>>
>> On 1/17/25 18:31, Nanci Avitable wrote:
>>
>> I'm afraid there might be something else going on which may have to do
>> with the fact that this is actually an intel based program and I'm running
>> it on a Mac silicon with Rosetta 2 installed. Rosetta is what enables
>> silicon Macs to run intell programs, theoretically. I've also had the
>> program crash several times. Thanks -- Nanci
>>
>> Anyhow doing as you suggest gets the following output:
>>
>> /Users/nanciavitable/Cloud-drive/Private
>> Practice/Scoring&Report/ABASIII/ABASmacro.sps:1.215-1.225: error: DEFINE:
>> Syntax error expecting macro body or !ENDDEFINE.
>>
>> 1 | define !subscore3 (!pos !tokens(1)/!pos !enclose('(',')')/!pos
>> !tokens(1))
>>
>> !LET !limits = !2
>>
>> !DO !ssc = 1 !TO 19
>>
>> !LET !limit = !HEAD(!limits)
>>
>> !LET !limits = !TAIL(!limits)
>>
>> if (!1 ge !limit) !3 = !ssc.
>>
>> !DOEND
>>
>> !enddefine.
>>
>>
>>
>> !subscore3 ctraw (0 10 14 18 22 26 30 34 38 42 46 49 52 55 58 62 65 100
>> 100) ct.
>>
>> LIST.
>>
>> |
>> ^~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> define !subscore3 (!pos !tokens(1)/!pos !enclose('(',')')/!pos !tokens(1))
>>
>> !LET !limits = !2
>>
>> !DO !ssc = 1 !TO 19
>>
>> !LET !limit = !HEAD(!limits)
>>
>> !LET !limits = !TAIL(!limits)
>>
>> if (!1 ge !limit) !3 = !ssc.
>>
>> !DOEND
>>
>> !enddefine.
>>
>>
>>
>> !subscore3 ctraw (0 10 14 18 22 26 30 34 38 42 46 49 52 55 58 62 65 100
>> 100) ct.
>>
>> LIST.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 1/16/25 3:16 PM, fhouwel...@email.it wrote:
>>
>> Don't worry about the DATA LIST: just replace the define.. !enddefine
>> part in your syntax. The DATA LIST and what follows was just there to show
>> the macro works.
>>
>> Il 16 gen 2025 23:05, Nanci Avitable <avitab...@aaahawk.com>
>> <avitab...@aaahawk.com> ha scritto:
>>
>> Frans,
>>
>> Thank you. I suspected that there might be a problem with Do Repeat.
>>
>> I have tried your syntax, but it is not working as expected. I wonder if
>> there is a difference in the PSPP programs we are using. Mine did not like
>> the Data List Free and when I removed that it said there was an error with
>> IF parsing the expression. I will play with this some more now that I know
>> Do Repeat could be a problem.
>>
>> On 1/16/25 1:29 PM, Frans Houweling wrote:
>>
>> I'm afraid DO REPEAT does not work well inside DEFINE. Here is a
>> workaround:
>>
>> define !subscore3 (!pos !tokens(1)/!pos !enclose('(',')')/!pos !tokens(1))
>> !LET !limits = !2
>> !DO !ssc = 1 !TO 19
>> !LET !limit = !HEAD(!limits)
>> !LET !limits = !TAIL(!limits)
>> if (!1 ge !limit) !3 = !ssc.
>> !DOEND
>> !enddefine.
>>
>> I put an exclamation point before subscore3 to distinguish it from your
>> original.
>>
>> DATA LIST FREE /ctraw.
>> BEGIN DATA
>> 63
>> END DATA.
>> !subscore33 ctraw (0 10 14 18 22 26 30 34 38 42 46 49 52 55 58 62 65 100
>> 100) ct.
>> LIST.
>>
>> Data List
>> +-----+-----+
>> |ctraw| ct |
>> +-----+-----+
>> |63.00|16.00|
>> +-----+-----+
>>
>> HTH, frans
>> On 1/15/25 19:33, Nanci Avitable wrote:
>>
>> I am working on a new MacBookPro, M4 chip with Sequoia. I have downloaded
>> and installed the PSPP version 2.0.1-2 bundle.
>>
>> I have several SPSS programs that I use to score some protocols and
>> output information for use in WORD via mail merge.
>>
>> These programs include Define routines. Although the information I've
>> read indicates that they should transfer okay, I'm running into problems.
>> It may be that I don't fully understand when to use periods and things like
>> "+". Below is a syntax portion that I've been trying to get to run. The
>> actual program is around 1300 lines long so I'm just focusing on a small
>> bit.
>>
>> My interpretation from the error messages is that there is something
>> wrong with the "if" statement. Unless the problem is that Do Repeat cannot
>> be used in a macro body.
>>
>> Thanks for whatever information you can give me about using Define
>> properly. -- Nanci
>>
>> Data list / ctraw cutraw fatraw sltraw hstraw ltraw sctraw sdtraw straw
>> (9f3).
>> Begin data.
>> 45 37 52 52 42 35 54 43 46
>> end data.
>>
>> set Printback on.
>> set mprint yes.
>>
>> define subscore3 (!pos !tokens(1)/!pos !enclose('(',')')/!pos !tokens(1))
>> do repeat ssc = 1 to 19/limit = !2.
>> if (!1 ge limit) !3 = ssc.
>> end repeat.
>> !enddefine.
>>
>> do repeat ssc = 1 to 19 / limit = 0 10 14 18 22 26 30 34 38 42 46 49 52
>> 55 58 62 65 100 100.
>> if(ctraw ge limit)ct = ssc.
>> end repeat.
>>
>> /Users/nanciavitable/Cloud-drive/Private
>> Practice/Scoring&Report/ABASIII/ABASmacro.sps:7.1-7.78: error: DO REPEAT:
>> In syntax expanded from `subscore3 ctraw (0 10 14 18 22 26 30 34 38 42 46
>> 49 52 55 58...': Syntax error expecting END REPEAT.
>> 7 | subscore3 ctraw (0 10 14 18 22 26 30 34 38 42 46 49 52 55 58 62
>> 65 100 100) ct.
>> |
>> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> /Users/nanciavitable/Cloud-drive/Private
>> Practice/Scoring&Report/ABASIII/ABASmacro.sps:7.1-7.78: error: END REPEAT:
>> In syntax expanded from `subscore3 ctraw (0 10 14 18 22 26 30 34 38 42 46
>> 49 52 55 58...': No matching DO REPEAT.
>> 7 | subscore3 ctraw (0 10 14 18 22 26 30 34 38 42 46 49 52 55 58 62
>> 65 100 100) ct.
>> |
>> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> subscore3 ctraw (0 10 14 18 22 26 30 34 38 42 46 49 52 55 58 62 65 100
>> 100) ct.
>>
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