At 05:07 AM 2/2/2006, Richard Ristow wrote:
>[In SPSS 14,] how can there be a MXLOOPS problem without a LOOP? In a
>DATA LIST; specifically, when reading the first record from the
>command file?
That is (see listing below), reading data with 'SKIP=n' on the DATA
LIST command produced the "terminated after MXLOOPS trips" warning.
That was recognized as a bug. I'm happy to report that in SPSS 15, at
least in 15.0.1, it is fixed.
>>...........................................................
>>DATA LIST FIXED SKIP=2
>> /COMPANY 01-01 (A)
>> PERSON 17-18 (A)
>> ACTIVITY 31-32 (A)
>> TIME 45-48 (A).
>>
>>Data List will read 1 records from the command file
>>
>>Variable Rec Start End Format
>>
>>COMPANY 1 1 1 A1
>>PERSON 1 17 18 A2
>>ACTIVITY 1 31 32 A2
>>TIME 1 45 48 A4
>>
>>BEGIN DATA
>>COMPANY PERSON ACTIVITY TIME
>>----|---10----|---20----|---30----|---40----|---50
>>1 01 n1 2000
>>
>> >Warning # 534
>> >Execution of a loop was terminated after MXLOOPS trips. The value
>> of
>> >MXLOOPS can be displayed with the SHOW command and changed with
>> the SET
>> >command.
>>
>> >Command line: 28 Current case: 1 Current splitfile group: 1
>>
>>1 01 n1 2001
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