OMS commands in large syntax files
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i have a very large syntax file (up to 15000 lines) The purpose is to create tables and export them into seperate xls files. For each table, i've specified OMS commands(eg. oms select tables /if subtypes='Notes' /destination viewer=no., etc) and at the end i've typed OMSEND. All oms commands are the same for each table. My question is, can I start with my OMS commands at the start of the syntax and type OMSEND at the end of the syntax. This will reduce the number of lines in my syntax, as I encounter memory problems (I guess, spss crashes when running the whole syntax) Thanks in advance N. |
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Be an empiricist! Give it a try, and see what happens. Then report back here! ;-)
(You might be surprised at how often folks that answer questions on this list arrive at their answers by that exact method.)
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"i have a very large syntax file (up to 15000 lines) "
This is an incredibly horrible practice! How do you ever edit/maintain such a monster. 1. Analyze your code into logically independent sub tasks. 2. Abstract it if possible look for repetition and special cases where things are repeated. 3. Factor these into either MACROs or if you insist on being a modernist Python. 4. Look at INSERT and/or INCLUDE. 5. Comment the H out of it!. I will refrain from any comment on OMS. ---
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Dear Nico,
What's the entire OMS command you're using? Especially, what does it output? And please tell us you didn't copy-paste 15.000 lines, OK? As David already suggested, Python is probably the way to go here (or perhaps a MACRO is workable if the situation is not too complicated). Best, Ruben > Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:30:28 -0800 > From: [hidden email] > Subject: OMS commands in large syntax files > To: [hidden email] > > Hi there > > i have a very large syntax file (up to 15000 lines) The purpose is to create > tables and export them into seperate xls files. > > For each table, i've specified OMS commands(eg. oms select tables /if > subtypes='Notes' > /destination viewer=no., etc) and at the end i've typed OMSEND. > All oms commands are the same for each table. > > My question is, can I start with my OMS commands at the start of the syntax > and type OMSEND at the end of the syntax. > This will reduce the number of lines in my syntax, as I encounter memory > problems (I guess, spss crashes when running the whole syntax) > > Thanks in advance > > N. > > > > -- > View this message in context: http://spssx-discussion.1045642.n5.nabble.com/OMS-commands-in-large-syntax-files-tp5716881.html > Sent from the SPSSX Discussion mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ===================== > To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a message to > [hidden email] (not to SPSSX-L), with no body text except the > command. To leave the list, send the command > SIGNOFF SPSSX-L > For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, send the command > INFO REFCARD |
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Apart from the need to modularize this
syntax, if the OMS commands are just generic things like killing the logs,
why would you repeat them for each table? OMS is designed to work
over large blocks of commands. That's why it has such a rich selection
model.
Look also at your Edit > Options settings, where you can control visibility of various object types, including the log. Jon Peck (no "h") aka Kim Senior Software Engineer, IBM [hidden email] new phone: 720-342-5621 From: NicoDW <[hidden email]> To: [hidden email], Date: 12/11/2012 12:33 PM Subject: [SPSSX-L] OMS commands in large syntax files Sent by: "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <[hidden email]> Hi there i have a very large syntax file (up to 15000 lines) The purpose is to create tables and export them into seperate xls files. For each table, i've specified OMS commands(eg. oms select tables /if subtypes='Notes' /destination viewer=no., etc) and at the end i've typed OMSEND. All oms commands are the same for each table. My question is, can I start with my OMS commands at the start of the syntax and type OMSEND at the end of the syntax. This will reduce the number of lines in my syntax, as I encounter memory problems (I guess, spss crashes when running the whole syntax) Thanks in advance N. -- View this message in context: http://spssx-discussion.1045642.n5.nabble.com/OMS-commands-in-large-syntax-files-tp5716881.html Sent from the SPSSX Discussion mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ===================== To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a message to [hidden email] (not to SPSSX-L), with no body text except the command. To leave the list, send the command SIGNOFF SPSSX-L For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, send the command INFO REFCARD |
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The simple answer is yes. An OMS command
at the start of the syntax block applies to all output until OMSEND is
encountered, so:
OMS SELECT TABLES /IF SUBTYPES=['Notes'] /DESTINATION VIEWER=NO. [bunch of commands that produce output] OMSEND will remove all Notes tables. Rick Oliver Senior Information Developer IBM Business Analytics (SPSS) E-mail: [hidden email] From: NicoDW <[hidden email]> To: [hidden email], Date: 12/11/2012 01:36 PM Subject: OMS commands in large syntax files Sent by: "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <[hidden email]> Hi there i have a very large syntax file (up to 15000 lines) The purpose is to create tables and export them into seperate xls files. For each table, i've specified OMS commands(eg. oms select tables /if subtypes='Notes' /destination viewer=no., etc) and at the end i've typed OMSEND. All oms commands are the same for each table. My question is, can I start with my OMS commands at the start of the syntax and type OMSEND at the end of the syntax. This will reduce the number of lines in my syntax, as I encounter memory problems (I guess, spss crashes when running the whole syntax) Thanks in advance N. -- View this message in context: http://spssx-discussion.1045642.n5.nabble.com/OMS-commands-in-large-syntax-files-tp5716881.html Sent from the SPSSX Discussion mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ===================== To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a message to [hidden email] (not to SPSSX-L), with no body text except the command. To leave the list, send the command SIGNOFF SPSSX-L For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, send the command INFO REFCARD |
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hear hear!
On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Bruce Weaver <[hidden email]> wrote: Be an empiricist! Give it a try, and see what happens. Then report back |
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Thanks to all of you
Now i can reduce my (horrible ;-)) syntax. I will dive into the Python programming by reading the book i've found on spss/devcentral "Programming and Data Management for IBM SPSS Statistics 20" |
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