In List Type Command

[cherylscott02]

Is there a way to write syntax without having to continually reference the name of the target variable?  For example, suppose I am creating a new variable (NONDEG) based on certain values of the variable ACADPLAN.  This is the only way I know how to write something like this:

 

If  (acadplan = 'UND-DEG' or acadplan = 'JU-JU' or acadplan = 'ND-PI) Nondeg = 1.

 

In other languages there is an "in list" command.  Using the example above, the code in SPSS might look something like this:

 

if (in list(acadplan('UND-DEG', 'JU-JU', 'ND-PI')))Nondeg = 1.

 

Is there something like this in SPSS?  Thanks for your time.

 

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Cheryl Scott

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Office of Institutional Research, Analysis and Effectiveness

Truckee Meadows Community College

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[Jon K Peck]

Look up the "any" function.
compute Nondeg = any(acadplan, "UND-DEG", "JU-JU", "ND-PI").


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Is there a way to write syntax without having to continually reference the name of the target variable?  For example, suppose I am creating a new variable (NONDEG) based on certain values of the variable ACADPLAN.  This is the only way I know how to write something like this:
 
If  (acadplan = 'UND-DEG' or acadplan = 'JU-JU' or acadplan = 'ND-PI) Nondeg = 1.
 
In other languages there is an "in list" command.  Using the example above, the code in SPSS might look something like this:
 
if (in list(acadplan('UND-DEG', 'JU-JU', 'ND-PI')))Nondeg = 1.
 
Is there something like this in SPSS?  Thanks for your time.
 


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Cheryl Scott
Assistant Director
Office of Institutional Research, Analysis and Effectiveness
Truckee Meadows Community College
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[Bruce Weaver]

And notice that ANY can be used in two different ways.

1. COMPUTE AnyOfSeveralValuesInOneVar = ANY(VarName,value1,value2,value3, ...,valueN).

2. COMPUTE GivenValueInAnyOfSeveralVars = ANY(value,Var1,Var2,Var3, ...,VarN).

When you are dealing with string variables, values must be enclosed in quotes.

HTH.

Jon K Peck wrote

Look up the "any" function.
compute Nondeg = any(acadplan, "UND-DEG", "JU-JU", "ND-PI").


Jon Peck (no "h") aka Kim
Senior Software Engineer, IBM
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From:   Cheryl Scott <[hidden email]>
To:     [hidden email],
Date:   09/24/2013 05:55 PM
Subject:        [SPSSX-L] In List Type Command
Sent by:        "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <[hidden email]>



Is there a way to write syntax without having to continually reference the
name of the target variable?  For example, suppose I am creating a new
variable (NONDEG) based on certain values of the variable ACADPLAN.  This
is the only way I know how to write something like this:

If  (acadplan = 'UND-DEG' or acadplan = 'JU-JU' or acadplan = 'ND-PI)
Nondeg = 1.

In other languages there is an "in list" command.  Using the example
above, the code in SPSS might look something like this:

if (in list(acadplan('UND-DEG', 'JU-JU', 'ND-PI')))Nondeg = 1.

Is there something like this in SPSS?  Thanks for your time.



--
Cheryl Scott
Assistant Director
Office of Institutional Research, Analysis and Effectiveness
Truckee Meadows Community College
[hidden email]
[phone] (w)

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[Ruben Geert van den Berg]

You can find some more examples here (http://www.pythonforspss.org/any/) as well.