Re: Problem with /Rename with Save Translate

2019-08-16 Thread Ben Pfaff
Yes, this is a bug or a limitation in SAVE TRANSLATE in PSPP. On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 07:59:34AM -0700, Elio Spinello wrote: > I'm aware of the datafile limitation,  but according to the Save Translate > section of the manual,  "The RENAMEsubcommand can also be used to change the > names under w

RE: Problem with /Rename with Save Translate

2019-08-16 Thread Elio Spinello
Here is the code that I ran in SPSS. Some of the really long names were truncated, but it ran successfully without error messages (other than a message about the truncations) and it produced the output file. Elio Elio Spinello, EdD Partner RPM Consulting, LLC 17130 Devonshire St. Suite 101 Noth

Re: Problem with /Rename with Save Translate

2019-08-16 Thread John Darrington
Can you send us the code which runs on spss but not on pspp. Thank you. On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 07:59:34AM -0700, Elio Spinello wrote: I'm aware of the datafile limitation,?? but according to the Save Translate section of the manual,?? "The??RENAMEsubcommand can also be used to change the

Re: Problem with /Rename with Save Translate

2019-08-16 Thread Elio Spinello
I'm aware of the datafile limitation,  but according to the Save Translate section of the manual,  "The RENAMEsubcommand can also be used to change the names under which variables are saved; because they are used only in the output, these names do not have to conform to the usual PSPP variable n

Re: Problem with /Rename with Save Translate

2019-08-16 Thread John Darrington
Variable names (and other identifiers) cannot contain spaces. See chapter 6 of the manual. J' On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 12:42:41PM -0700, Elio Spinello wrote: I'm running it under Windows 10. Your example runs find but aside from a minor syntax error I found in my code, it appears that th