Manipulating String Variables

[Jeanne Eidex]

Hi Everyone,

Happy Friday :).

I am trying to move comments from 2 string variable (Q5 & Q6) that contain
comments about all types of dogs into a newly created string variable
created for each dog breed.

Here is the logic I would like to use - it works with numeric but not with
string, please let me know if you have any ideas. (This list has been
shortened for everyone's sanity!)

do repeat a=Q2_1 Q2_2 Q2_3 Q2_4 Q2_5 Q2_6
/b=q3_1 q3_2 q3_3 q3_4 q3_5 q3_6
/c=Q1beagle Q2poodle Q3schnauzer Q4germanshepard Q5retriever  Q6pinscher.
if (a=1) c=q5.
if (b=1) c=q6.
end repeat print.

execute.

Thanks for any ideas that you have,
Jeanne

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[David Marso]

Hard to say what you are really trying to do.
What error message(s) do you get when you run your code?
Is everything in the a and b list numeric?
Have the variables in the c list been declared previously using STRING?
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Jeanne Eidex wrote

Hi Everyone,

Happy Friday :).

I am trying to move comments from 2 string variable (Q5 & Q6) that contain
comments about all types of dogs into a newly created string variable
created for each dog breed.

Here is the logic I would like to use - it works with numeric but not with
string, please let me know if you have any ideas. (This list has been
shortened for everyone's sanity!)

do repeat a=Q2_1 Q2_2 Q2_3 Q2_4 Q2_5 Q2_6
/b=q3_1 q3_2 q3_3 q3_4 q3_5 q3_6
/c=Q1beagle Q2poodle Q3schnauzer Q4germanshepard Q5retriever  Q6pinscher.
if (a=1) c=q5.
if (b=1) c=q6.
end repeat print.

execute.

Thanks for any ideas that you have,
Jeanne

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[Melissa Ives]

Did you initialize the new string variables first?

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From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Jeanne Eidex
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Subject: [SPSSX-L] Manipulating String Variables

Hi Everyone,

Happy Friday :).

I am trying to move comments from 2 string variable (Q5 & Q6) that contain
comments about all types of dogs into a newly created string variable
created for each dog breed.

Here is the logic I would like to use - it works with numeric but not with
string, please let me know if you have any ideas. (This list has been
shortened for everyone's sanity!)

do repeat a=Q2_1 Q2_2 Q2_3 Q2_4 Q2_5 Q2_6
/b=q3_1 q3_2 q3_3 q3_4 q3_5 q3_6
/c=Q1beagle Q2poodle Q3schnauzer Q4germanshepard Q5retriever  Q6pinscher.
if (a=1) c=q5.
if (b=1) c=q6.
end repeat print.

execute.

Thanks for any ideas that you have,
Jeanne

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