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Creating unique ID

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Maria Suchard

Creating unique ID

Hello Fellow Listers,

I am hoping you can help me once again. I am trying to create a unique variable with 6 characters. I am running this code, I then get this error:

>This command is not valid before a working file has been defined.
>Execution of this command stops.

COMPUTE ID=$CASENUM.
FORMAT ID (F8.0).
EXECUTE.

I would appreciate any help.
Thank you in advance.
Maria

David Marso

Re: Creating unique ID

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Maybe try opening a data file first?

Maria Suchard wrote

Hello Fellow Listers,

I am hoping you can help me once again. I am trying to create a unique variable with 6 characters. I am running this code, I then get this error:

>This command is not valid before a working file has been defined.
>Execution of this command stops.

COMPUTE ID=$CASENUM.
FORMAT ID (F8.0).
EXECUTE.

I would appreciate any help.
Thank you in advance.
Maria

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Maria Suchard

Re: Creating unique ID

The data file was open, it was just not recognizing the data file. I was able to get the code to run, but what I need it to do is allow for the id to be 6 characters in length. Any suggestions on how I can modify the syntax?

Thanks again!

David Marso

Re: Creating unique ID

Administrator

FORMATS varname (N6) will put result in leading zeros.

Maria Suchard wrote

The data file was open, it was just not recognizing the data file. I was able to get the code to run, but what I need it to do is allow for the id to be 6 characters in length. Any suggestions on how I can modify the syntax?

Thanks again!

Maria Suchard

Re: Creating unique ID

Thank you. This worked!