Run Current Macro Definition

[Kirill Orlov]

Is it possible to design a command (for example, in Python) which will read all syntax surrounding the current cursor position, starting from DEFINE and ending at !ENDDEFINE?

What I mean is this. Consider I have a macro definition.

DEFINE.......

bla bla
bla bla

!ENDDEFINE.

To read it into SPSS memory I have to mouse-select everything from DEFINE to !ENDDEFINE.
But the code may be very lengthy, so selecting takes time.
Instead that, I'd like to be able to put cursor anywhere within the macro body and run some command/button "Read Current Macro Definition" which will automatically select everything within the surrounding DEFINE - !ENDDEFINE range and run it for me.

Any ideas?
That might be even a good feature to introduce in Statistics itself.

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[Jignesh Sutar]

Yes and no. For all conventional commands you can hit the F2 button to highlight all of that command. However, for DEFINE/!ENDDEFINE (and I suspect GPL/GGRAPH/MATRIX ect. also), it may not behave entirely as you expect or desire it to.

In Python, it would be possible, but I don't think you can read where the current cursor is - that would be the only limiting factor. Otherwise with python you could read the (saved version of the) file to find the word "DEFINE" and "!ENDDEFINE" in close proximity of the current cursor position.

If it is such a large macro, why not just have a dedicate syntax file for the macro itself and then use "Run All" toolbar icon (or run INSERT)? I'd opt for this than write long winded Python code to achive something like this (nice tutorial exercise nonetheless though).


To be able to read the cursor position would be a great feature. In data view you can right click variable and run descriptive on the fly, I was hoping to build custom procedures where I go execute in a similar vain, right click run, however there is no way to read which is the selected variable or cursor position to be able to run the procedure on the selected target variable.

[Jon K Peck]

F2 will select the entire command containing the cursor, but since a macro definition may contain complete commands, in that case F2 selection wouldn't work for the entire macro.

Jignesh is right that Python scripting does not have access to the cursor location.  It could be used to, say, execute all the DEFINEs in the file if that would help or, perhaps execute the first or last one.  With a small custom dialog where you entered a line number, it could find the macro definition that contains that line and execute it.


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From:        Kirill Orlov <[hidden email]>
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Date:        05/22/2015 04:07 AM
Subject:        [SPSSX-L] Run Current Macro Definition
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Is it possible to design a command (for example, in Python) which will read all syntax surrounding the current cursor position, starting from DEFINE and ending at !ENDDEFINE?

What I mean is this. Consider I have a macro definition.

DEFINE.......

bla bla
bla bla

!ENDDEFINE.

To read it into SPSS memory I have to mouse-select everything from DEFINE to !ENDDEFINE.
But the code may be very lengthy, so selecting takes time.
Instead that, I'd like to be able to put cursor anywhere within the macro body and run some command/button "Read Current Macro Definition" which will automatically select everything within the surrounding DEFINE - !ENDDEFINE range and run it for me.

Any ideas?
That might be even a good feature to introduce in Statistics itself.

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[Kirill Orlov]

Thank you Jon and Jignesh.
Sad.
Jon, if it is not possible with python script then it might be possible, perhaps, within java on which Statistics interface is written. Maybe it is worth to include the option as a new feature in future release. What do you think?

22.05.2015 15:53, Jon K Peck пишет:

F2 will select the entire command containing the cursor, but since a macro definition may contain complete commands, in that case F2 selection wouldn't work for the entire macro.

Jignesh is right that Python scripting does not have access to the cursor location.  It could be used to, say, execute all the DEFINEs in the file if that would help or, perhaps execute the first or last one.  With a small custom dialog where you entered a line number, it could find the macro definition that contains that line and execute it.


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From:        Kirill Orlov [hidden email]
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Date:        05/22/2015 04:07 AM
Subject:        [SPSSX-L] Run Current Macro Definition
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Is it possible to design a command (for example, in Python) which will read all syntax surrounding the current cursor position, starting from DEFINE and ending at !ENDDEFINE?

What I mean is this. Consider I have a macro definition.

DEFINE.......

bla bla
bla bla

!ENDDEFINE.

To read it into SPSS memory I have to mouse-select everything from DEFINE to !ENDDEFINE.
But the code may be very lengthy, so selecting takes time.
Instead that, I'd like to be able to put cursor anywhere within the macro body and run some command/button "Read Current Macro Definition" which will automatically select everything within the surrounding DEFINE - !ENDDEFINE range and run it for me.

Any ideas?
That might be even a good feature to introduce in Statistics itself.

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[Jon K Peck]

It would be useful to be able to select and run all sorts of blocks this way, whether macros, Python programs, or R programs.  Please submit this as an enhancement request on the Request for Enhancement website at
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/
It carries more weight if it comes from customers.


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From:        Kirill Orlov <[hidden email]>
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Date:        05/22/2015 07:10 AM
Subject:        Re: [SPSSX-L] Run Current Macro Definition
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Thank you Jon and Jignesh.
Sad.
Jon, if it is not possible with python script then it might be possible, perhaps, within java on which Statistics interface is written. Maybe it is worth to include the option as a new feature in future release. What do you think?


22.05.2015 15:53, Jon K Peck пишет:
F2 will select the entire command containing the cursor, but since a macro definition may contain complete commands, in that case F2 selection wouldn't work for the entire macro.

Jignesh is right that Python scripting does not have access to the cursor location.  It could be used to, say, execute all the DEFINEs in the file if that would help or, perhaps execute the first or last one.  With a small custom dialog where you entered a line number, it could find the macro definition that contains that line and execute it.


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From:        Kirill Orlov <kior@...>
To:        [hidden email]
Date:        05/22/2015 04:07 AM
Subject:        [SPSSX-L] Run Current Macro Definition
Sent by:        "SPSSX(r) Discussion" [hidden email]

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Is it possible to design a command (for example, in Python) which will read all syntax surrounding the current cursor position, starting from DEFINE and ending at !ENDDEFINE?

What I mean is this. Consider I have a macro definition.

DEFINE.......

bla bla
bla bla

!ENDDEFINE.

To read it into SPSS memory I have to mouse-select everything from DEFINE to !ENDDEFINE.
But the code may be very lengthy, so selecting takes time.
Instead that, I'd like to be able to put cursor anywhere within the macro body and run some command/button "Read Current Macro Definition" which will automatically select everything within the surrounding DEFINE - !ENDDEFINE range and run it for me.

Any ideas?
That might be even a good feature to introduce in Statistics itself.

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[Art Kendall]

It is a long time since I used macros, but why not put the macro in a separate .sps file and <run all> during drafting? (it could be in s separate syntax window.)

Then use INSERT and select that command and run the selected syntax when you want to run the whole macro while drafting the syntax the macro is used in?

[Kirill Orlov]

Art, your advice is inconvenient in my context. When you are sitting and debugging your macro, rerunning it every minute, it is not wise to save/Insert it. Besides, the sheet may contain other syntax as well which you don't want to run.

22.05.2015 23:55, Art Kendall пишет:

It is a long time since I used macros, but why not put the macro in a
separate .sps file and <run all> during drafting? (it could be in s separate
syntax window.)

Then use INSERT and select that command and run the selected syntax when you
want to run the whole macro while drafting the syntax the macro is used in?




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[Albert-Jan Roskam-2]

Hi Kirill,

With SpssClient you could do something that approximates this:
-get the contents of the designated syntax editor
-keep only the macros
-paste those macros into an invisible new syntax window
-run them with RunSyntax
-close the invisible window
-you could create a custom button for this on the toolbar

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLVMB_22.0.0/com.ibm.spss.statistics.python.help/spss/programmability_option/python_scripting_spsssyntaxdoc_getsyntax.htm

Albert-Jan

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On Sat, May 23, 2015 9:39 AM CEST Kirill Orlov wrote:

>Art, your advice is inconvenient in my context. When you are sitting and
>debugging your macro, rerunning it every minute, it is not wise to
>save/Insert it. Besides, the sheet may contain other syntax as well
>which you don't want to run.
>
>22.05.2015 23:55, Art Kendall пишет:
>> It is a long time since I used macros, but why not put the macro in a
>> separate .sps file and <run all> during drafting? (it could be in s separate
>> syntax window.)
>>
>> Then use INSERT and select that command and run the selected syntax when you
>> want to run the whole macro while drafting the syntax the macro is used in?
>>
>>
>>
>>
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[Kirill Orlov]

Albert, thank you too.
The problem is that there can be many macros, and run (read) must be only the current one - surrounding the cursor - and I may not know the sequential number of that one. The ability to read the cursor's location is the key feature. If python cannot do it then it can't help.

23.05.2015 20:40, Albert-Jan Roskam пишет:

Hi Kirill,

With SpssClient you could do something that approximates this:
-get the contents of the designated syntax editor
-keep only the macros
-paste those macros into an invisible new syntax window
-run them with RunSyntax
-close the invisible window
-you could create a custom button for this on the toolbar

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLVMB_22.0.0/com.ibm.spss.statistics.python.help/spss/programmability_option/python_scripting_spsssyntaxdoc_getsyntax.htm

Albert-Jan

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[Kirill Orlov]

Ha!
Unexpectedly run against the "solution" (version 22):
Just click (inside macro body) thrice - and the whole body from DEFINE till !ENDDEFINE will be selected.
Miraculous.

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Тема:	Run Current Macro Definition
Дата:	Fri, 22 May 2015 13:06:55 +0300
От:	Kirill Orlov [hidden email]
Кому:	SPSSX-List [hidden email]

Is it possible to design a command (for example, in Python) which will read all syntax surrounding the current cursor position, starting from DEFINE and ending at !ENDDEFINE?

What I mean is this. Consider I have a macro definition.

DEFINE.......

bla bla
bla bla

!ENDDEFINE.

To read it into SPSS memory I have to mouse-select everything from DEFINE to !ENDDEFINE.
But the code may be very lengthy, so selecting takes time.
Instead that, I'd like to be able to put cursor anywhere within the macro body and run some command/button "Read Current Macro Definition" which will automatically select everything within the surrounding DEFINE - !ENDDEFINE range and run it for me.

Any ideas?
That might be even a good feature to introduce in Statistics itself.

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[Jignesh Sutar]

For some reason, I wasn't expecting this to work despite the claim but it does work!

[Bruce Weaver]

Thanks for sharing this, Kirill.  And by the way, I just discovered that a triple-click also highlights an entire BEGIN DATA - END DATA block.  Copy the example below, paste it into a syntax window, and triple-click somewhere between BEGIN DATA and END DATA, and the whole block should be highlighted.

DATA LIST list / REG_TIDPUNKT(DATE11).
BEGIN DATA
28-FEB-2011
1-MAR-2011
15-MAR-2011
30-MAR-2011
31-MAR-2011
1-APR-2011
END DATA.

There are probably some other settings where this works too, but this is the only one I've found so far.  (I have tried within DO-REPEAT and LOOP - END LOOP structures, but it does not work in either of those contexts.)  

Kirill Orlov wrote

Ha!
Unexpectedly run against the "solution" (version 22):
Just *click *(inside macro body) *thrice *- and the whole body from
DEFINE till !ENDDEFINE will be selected.
Miraculous.


-------- Перенаправленное сообщение --------
Тема: Run Current Macro Definition
Дата: Fri, 22 May 2015 13:06:55 +0300
От: Kirill Orlov <[hidden email]>
Кому: SPSSX-List <[hidden email]>



Is it possible to design a command (for example, in Python) which will
read all syntax surrounding the current cursor position, starting from
DEFINE and ending at !ENDDEFINE?

What I mean is this. Consider I have a macro definition.

DEFINE.......

bla bla
bla bla

!ENDDEFINE.

To read it into SPSS memory I have to mouse-select everything from
DEFINE to !ENDDEFINE.
But the code may be very lengthy, so selecting takes time.
Instead that, I'd like to be able to put cursor anywhere within the
macro body and run some command/button "Read Current Macro Definition"
which will automatically select everything within the surrounding DEFINE
- !ENDDEFINE range and run it for me.

Any ideas?
That might be even a good feature to introduce in Statistics itself.





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[David Marso]

Confirmed!
Also the following exhibit same behavior.
BEGIN PROGRAM.
END PROGRAM.

BEGIN GPL.
END GPL.