Thank you, Art. This really helps a great deal.
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From: Art Kendall [mailto:
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Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 2:17 PM
To: Moffitt, James (West)
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Subject: Re: Loops needed
DO IF (Q12 eq 2) .
RECODE
Q16_1 to q16_3
(SYSMIS=0) (ELSE=Copy) INTO Q16_1RebaseRcd Q16_2RebaseRcd
Q16_3RebaseRcd .
END IF .
EXECUTE .
"Q16_1RebaseRcd Q16_2RebaseRcd Q16_3RebaseRcd " could be "RebaseRcdQ16_1
to RebaseRcdQ16_3"
Art Kendall
Social Research Consultants
Jim Moffitt wrote:
> Assuming the recoded variables (Q16_1 through Q16_3) are contiguous in
> my file, how could the following syntax be written to avoid the cut
and
> paste approach that I've employed?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> DO IF (Q12=2) .
>
> RECODE
>
> Q16_1
>
> (SYSMIS=0) (ELSE=Copy) INTO Q16_1RebaseRcd .
>
> END IF .
>
> EXECUTE .
>
>
>
> DO IF (Q12=2) .
>
> RECODE
>
> Q16_2
>
> (SYSMIS=0) (ELSE=Copy) INTO Q16_2RebaseRcd .
>
> END IF .
>
> EXECUTE .
>
>
>
> DO IF (Q12=2) .
>
> RECODE
>
> Q16_3
>
> (SYSMIS=0) (ELSE=Copy) INTO Q16_3RebaseRcd .
>
> END IF .
>
> EXECUTE .
>
>
>
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