At 12:44 AM 3/15/2007, John wrote:
>I can't seem to figure out why this is not working (the space in My
>Documents folder?)
>
>DATA LIST FILE="C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My
>Documents\AONE_study\SIDC_ME_02\ME_SID_2002_CORE.asc" FIXED /
> KEY 1- 14
> ADRG 15- 17
> AGE 18- 20
> AGEDAY 21- 23
> AGEMONTH 24- 26
>
>Output error message:
>
> >Error # 31 in column 16. Text: C:\Documents and
> Settings\Administrator\My
> >File not found.
The clue is that what it's looking for and not finding is,
"C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My"
That is, it's seeing your text up to where the line wraps.
SPSS character literals can't be continued across lines directly; but
closing the literal, appending '+', and continuing it on the next line,
works. Try this. (I'm breaking just before a '\'; and moving 'FIXED' to
a line by itself. Aesthetics, aesthetics...
DATA LIST
FILE="C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator" +
"\My Documents\AONE_study" +
"\SIDC_ME_02\ME_SID_2002_CORE.asc"
FIXED /
KEY 1- 14
ADRG 15- 17
AGE 18- 20
AGEDAY 21- 23
AGEMONTH 24- 26