Re: Syntax for converting numeric to string

[Jody weru]

Hello everyone,
I need help with changing a variable from numeric to string.
Thanks for a lot for your assistance greatly.
Jody.

[Richard Ristow]

At 08:11 PM 2/11/2007, Jody weru wrote:

>I need help with changing a variable from numeric to string.

Well (smile) there's a function for this, named: STRING. Notice, if it
matters to you that this does not convert a numeric *variable* to a
string variable; it accepts a numeric value, and calculates a string
value. And you use a numeric format in the STRING function, to select
what string representation you will get. Like this; SPSS 15 draft
output. (Code and listing not saved separately.)

NEW FILE.
DATA LIST FREE /NUMBER1.
BEGIN DATA
1 2 3.3 4.25 5
END DATA.
STRING CONVERT1 CONVERT2 CONVERT3 (A8).
COMPUTE CONVERT1 = STRING(NUMBER1, F3).
COMPUTE CONVERT2 = STRING(NUMBER1, F5.2).
COMPUTE CONVERT3 = STRING(NUMBER1, E8.1).
LIST.


List
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|Output Created               |11-FEB-2007 23:34:43       |
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
  NUMBER1 CONVERT1 CONVERT2 CONVERT3

     1.00   1       1.00    1.0E+000
     2.00   2       2.00    2.0E+000
     3.30   3       3.30    3.3E+000
     4.25   4       4.25    4.3E+000
     5.00   5       5.00    5.0E+000

Number of cases read:  5    Number of cases listed:  5

[Albert-Jan Roskam]

Hi,

You can't change it. You can only create a new
string-type variable

string new (A8).
compute new = string (old,A8).
exe.

Albert-Jan


--- Jody weru <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> I need help with changing a variable from numeric to
> string.
> Thanks for a lot for your assistance greatly.
> Jody.
>


Cheers!
Albert-Jan

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[Jody weru]

Hi Richard,
Thanks for sharing the syntax. It was very helpful.


On 2/11/07, Jody weru <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
> I need help with changing a variable from numeric to string.
> Thanks for a lot for your assistance greatly.
> Jody.
>

[Tom]

Hi

I had the same question as Jody and found the Syntax from Alber-Jan - but it doesn't work with me. It gives me an error message: There is no numeric argument which ist expected for this function (Attention: traduced from German!). The new string variable remains empty.

Thanks for any hint.
Tom

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Betreff: Re: Syntax for converting numeric to string

Hi,

You can't change it. You can only create a new
string-type variable

string new (A8).
compute new = string (old,A8).
exe.

Albert-Jan


--- Jody weru <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> I need help with changing a variable from numeric to
> string.
> Thanks for a lot for your assistance greatly.
> Jody.
>


Cheers!
Albert-Jan

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[Richard Ristow]

At 04:04 AM 3/2/2007, Balmer Thomas wrote:

>I had the same question as Jody and found the Syntax from Alber-Jan -
>but it doesn't work with me.

The problem with

>>compute new = string (old,A8).

is the 'A8'. The two arguments to "string" are the number to be
converted, and the *numerical* format according to which to convert it.
Illustration below. (Regular readers: apologies for re-post)

>There's a function for this, named: STRING. This does not convert a
>numeric *variable* to a string variable; it accepts a numeric value,
>and calculates a string value. And you use a numeric format in the
>STRING function, to select what string representation you will get.
>Like this; SPSS 15 draft output. (Code and listing not saved
>separately.)
>
>NEW FILE.
>DATA LIST FREE /NUMBER1.
>BEGIN DATA
>1 2 3.3 4.25 5
>END DATA.
>STRING CONVERT1 CONVERT2 CONVERT3 (A8).
>COMPUTE CONVERT1 = STRING(NUMBER1, F3).
>COMPUTE CONVERT2 = STRING(NUMBER1, F5.2).
>COMPUTE CONVERT3 = STRING(NUMBER1, E8.1).
>LIST.
>
>
>List
>|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
>|Output Created               |11-FEB-2007 23:34:43       |
>|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
>  NUMBER1 CONVERT1 CONVERT2 CONVERT3
>
>     1.00   1       1.00    1.0E+000
>     2.00   2       2.00    2.0E+000
>     3.30   3       3.30    3.3E+000
>     4.25   4       4.25    4.3E+000
>     5.00   5       5.00    5.0E+000
>
>Number of cases read:  5    Number of cases listed:  5