Re: String variables combining files

On 3/25/2015 10:00 AM, ftr wrote: Frans, I don't understand why you don't change the variable width for your string variables. This seems the most easiest way for everyone. Cheers, ftr If you have dozens of variables in dozens of files, it's not "easy" to fix this problem. I find this mos

Re: String variables combining files

Great John! Let's enhance ... On 25/03/2015 16:32, John Darrington wrote: On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 04:25:20PM +0100, Frans Houweling wrote: Well, existing SPSS code will not break on PSPP, but the proposed and hoped-for superior PSPP code will definitely break on SPSS. S

Re: String variables combining files

On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 04:25:20PM +0100, Frans Houweling wrote: Well, existing SPSS code will not break on PSPP, but the proposed and hoped-for superior PSPP code will definitely break on SPSS. So maybe there should be some sort of SET STRICT compatibility option.

Re: String variables combining files

On 25/03/2015 15:59, Alan Mead wrote: I agree completely! And I don't think it would break any reasonable existing SPSS code for SPSS to silently make the string length in the combined file of the equal to the longest of the strings, which would prevent any data loss. -Alan Well, existi

Re: String variables combining files

Frans, I don't understand why you don't change the variable width for your string variables. This seems the most easiest way for everyone. Cheers, ftr On 25/03/2015 14:48, Frans Houweling wrote: Hi, quoting the manual on combining files: When more than one input file contains a variable wit

Re: String variables combining files

On 3/25/2015 8:48 AM, Frans Houweling wrote: Hi, quoting the manual on combining files: When more than one input file contains a variable with a given name, those variables must all have the same type (numeric or string) and, *for string variables, the same width*. For me the same width limi

String variables combining files

Hi, quoting the manual on combining files: When more than one input file contains a variable with a given name, those variables must all have the same type (numeric or string) and, *for string variables, the same width*. For me the same width limitation is one of the worst pains with SPSS (t

Re: PSPP crashes when computing frequencies

Hi John, I've build pspp from git and the issue is resolved! Thank you very much. On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 1:02 PM, Robert Metzger wrote: > Ah, that would be great. > I'll try to build pspp on OS X this evening. > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 12:34 PM, John Darrington < > j...@darrington.wattle.id.