A little Python help

[Jignesh Sutar]

How do I get the below syntax to work...?

DATASET CLOSE ALL.

NEW FILE.

OUTPUT CLOSE ALL.

GET FILE='C:\Program Files\SPSSInc\Statistics17\Samples\English\employee data.sav'.

SET PRINTBACK ON MPRINT ON.

BEGIN PROGRAM.

import spss, spssaux

vardict=spssaux.VariableDict(pattern=r"s")

for v in vardict:

spss.Submit("""

TITLE %(v)s.

TITLE %(v.VariableLabel)s.

""" % locals())

END PROGRAM.

SET PRINTBACK ON MPRINT OFF.

One solution would be to use the below but the actual code is much longer and so I prefer to stick with using the 'locals' function.

BEGIN PROGRAM.

import spss, spssaux

vardict=spssaux.VariableDict(pattern=r"s")

for v in vardict:

spss.Submit("""

TITLE %s.

TITLE %s.

""" % (v, v.VariableLabel))

END PROGRAM.

TIA

Jignesh

[Peck, Jon]

Try changing the for to
For v in vardict.variables:

Otherwise you get a variable object where a string is required. I should add a method to the variable object to allow that conversion to work automatically.

HTH,
Jon Peck

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From: SPSSX(r) Discussion <[hidden email]>
To: [hidden email] <[hidden email]>
Sent: Fri Jun 19 05:21:28 2009
Subject: [SPSSX-L] A little Python help

How do I get the below syntax to work...?

DATASET CLOSE ALL.

NEW FILE.

OUTPUT CLOSE ALL.

GET FILE='C:\Program Files\SPSSInc\Statistics17\Samples\English\employee data.sav'.

SET PRINTBACK ON MPRINT ON.

BEGIN PROGRAM.

import spss, spssaux

vardict=spssaux.VariableDict(pattern=r"s")

for v in vardict:

spss.Submit("""

TITLE %(v)s.

TITLE %(v.VariableLabel)s.

""" % locals())

END PROGRAM.

SET PRINTBACK ON MPRINT OFF.

One solution would be to use the below but the actual code is much longer and so I prefer to stick with using the 'locals' function.

BEGIN PROGRAM.

import spss, spssaux

vardict=spssaux.VariableDict(pattern=r"s")

for v in vardict:

spss.Submit("""

TITLE %s.

TITLE %s.

""" % (v, v.VariableLabel))

END PROGRAM.

TIA

Jignesh

[Jignesh Sutar]

Thanks Jon

I tried that but it still gives me variable names? Also, note in the 'for' loop I will require v to be variables names on some occasions and variable labels on others.

Is there a way to do this?

Cheers

Jignesh

2009/6/19 Peck, Jon <[hidden email]>

Try changing the for to
For v in vardict.variables:

Otherwise you get a variable object where a string is required. I should add a method to the variable object to allow that conversion to work automatically.

HTH,
Jon Peck

---

From: SPSSX(r) Discussion <[hidden email]>
To: [hidden email] <[hidden email]>
Sent: Fri Jun 19 05:21:28 2009
Subject: [SPSSX-L] A little Python help

How do I get the below syntax to work...?

DATASET CLOSE ALL.

NEW FILE.

OUTPUT CLOSE ALL.

GET FILE='C:\Program Files\SPSSInc\Statistics17\Samples\English\employee data.sav'.

SET PRINTBACK ON MPRINT ON.

BEGIN PROGRAM.

import spss, spssaux

vardict=spssaux.VariableDict(pattern=r"s")

for v in vardict:

spss.Submit("""

TITLE %(v)s.

TITLE %(v.VariableLabel)s.

""" % locals())

END PROGRAM.

SET PRINTBACK ON MPRINT OFF.

One solution would be to use the below but the actual code is much longer and so I prefer to stick with using the 'locals' function.

BEGIN PROGRAM.

import spss, spssaux

vardict=spssaux.VariableDict(pattern=r"s")

for v in vardict:

spss.Submit("""

TITLE %s.

TITLE %s.

""" % (v, v.VariableLabel))

END PROGRAM.

TIA

Jignesh