S,
you were almost there i.e., enclosing the condition with quotes. after
doing that make sure you !unquote !grp.
try this code.
Florio
DEFINE !mygroup (!pos !tokens(2)).
!do !grp !in (!1).
temporary.
select if (!unquote(!grp)).
freq var gender.
!doend.
!ENDDEFINE.
!mygroup "groupid>=1" "groupid<=2"
At 01:14 PM 2/23/2010, ksven wrote:
>Hi there -
>I am trying to run the same procedures for different subgroups based on a
>group variable.
>Group 1 is defined by groupid>=1 and group 2 is defined by groupid<=2.
>The following would run a frequency on gender:
>
>DEFINE !mygroup (!pos !tokens(2)).
>!do !grp !in (!1).
>temporary.
>select if (!grp).
>freq var gender.
>!doend.
>!ENDDEFINE.
>
>!mygroup groupid>=1 groupid<=2.
>
>
>This obviously does not work since SPSS does recognize take groupid>=1 and
>groupid <=2 as single strings.
>But enclosing them in quotes will yield a sel if ("groupid>=1") statement
>which does not work.
>I looked into the !enclose command but without success. Not sure if it can
>be combined with !pos or !cmdend or !charend ....
>Any ideas would be welcome!
>Best,
>Sven
>
>
>
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