GET DATA & FILE HANDLE

[Albert-Jan Roskam]

Hi dear list,

I use the following syntax to to get an ASCII data
file without file extension, named 'data2005'.

GET DATA  /TYPE = TXT
 /FILE = '\\Srvr\dbase\2005\data\data2005'
 /FIXCASE = 1
 /ARRANGEMENT = FIXED
 /FIRSTCASE = 1
 /IMPORTCASE = ALL
 /VARIABLES =
 name        0-7     A8
 year        8-9     A2 .

----> This works, however, I would like to get rid of
the file path, for example by using a FILE HANDLE.
(The reason for this is that we use a dedicated batch
program which does not accept file paths inside a
syntax.
They need to be specifed in the batch file. I still
want to retain this info by including FILE HANDLES,
even if I would have to put an asterisk before them

when I batch run the entire dataset).

Therefore I tried the following:

file handle data2005 / name =
'\\Srvr\dbase\2005\data\data2005'.

GET DATA  /TYPE = TXT
 /FILE = data2005
 /FIXCASE = 1
 /ARRANGEMENT = FIXED
 /FIRSTCASE = 1
 /IMPORTCASE = ALL
 /VARIABLES =
 name        0-7     A8
 year        8-9     A2 .


----> This does NOT work! Why not?

----> Being persistent, I tried another solution --
which also did't work,
even though the MPRINT output displays the desired
code.

set mprint = on.
define data2005 () '\\Srvr\dbase\2005\data\data2005'
!enddefine.
* define data2005 ()
!quote('\\Srvr\dbase\2005\data\data2005') !enddefine.
/* didn't work either */.



GET DATA  /TYPE = TXT
 /FILE = data2005
 /FIXCASE = 1
 /ARRANGEMENT = FIXED
 /FIRSTCASE = 1
 /IMPORTCASE = ALL
 /VARIABLES =
 name        0-7     A8
 year        8-9     A2 .


---> Does anybody know how to make the above GET DATA
statement work?

Thanks in advance, as always!

Best wishes,
Albert-Jan




Cheers!
Albert-Jan

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[P.van Groenestijn]

Dear List,

I try to learn Python with help the 4th edition of Levesque's SPSS
Programming and Data Management. One can download several python files from
http://www.spss.com/devcentral/ . I was able to do this with spssaux. In
the example with simple file chooser (pag231), however, I need both wx
module and the os module. Where can I found these file for downloading?

Best Regards,
Pieter van Groenestijn
University of Nijmegen
The Netherlands

[Peck, Jon]

The os module is part of the Python standard library, so you can just import it.

To find third party modules such as wxPython, go to the Python Cheeseshop

http://www.python.org/pypi/

That site maintains an index of such modules.

In particular, the wxPython material can be downloaded from
http://www.python.org/pypi/wxPython/2.6.3.2

Regards,
Jon Peck

-----Original Message-----
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Pieter van Groenestijn
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Subject: [SPSSX-L] Python; where can os and wx module be found?

Dear List,

I try to learn Python with help the 4th edition of Levesque's SPSS
Programming and Data Management. One can download several python files from
http://www.spss.com/devcentral/ . I was able to do this with spssaux. In
the example with simple file chooser (pag231), however, I need both wx
module and the os module. Where can I found these file for downloading?

Best Regards,
Pieter van Groenestijn
University of Nijmegen
The Netherlands