SPSSINC Censor Tables Problem

[boschw]

Hi all,

 

I’ve been trying to run syntax that was written and ran as intended in v21 to censor the results of a table based on the n of the row.  Syntax is pasted below.  In v23 (patched and updated) it does not work on my or my colleague’s computer.  I checked and I do have the most up-to-date version of the extension.

 

The problem is centered on the “PROCESS=ALL” option.  It throws an error that “keyword PROCESS must specify a single unquoted string”.  If I change the process keyword to either “Latest” or “Previous” it will run as it is intended to when using those keywords (‘latest’ is what pastes out of the syntax window, though I’m pretty sure it used to be ‘previous’).  I cannot get it to run no matter what I do when trying to use the “All” keyword.  The help file won’t even launch when hitting F1 if you have “process = all” in the syntax.

 

Has anyone else had this issue or know a way around it?  Thanks for any help you can provide!

 

SPSSINC CENSOR TABLES

CRITLABEL="N" TESTTYPE="<" CRITVALUE=10

DIRECTION=ROW NEIGHBORS=0 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 process = ALL

/OPTIONS APPENDCAPTION=NO CONDITIONALCAPTION=NO

SYMBOL="---".

 

 

Walker Bosch | Data Analyst

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[Jon Peck]

The ALL value for the PROCESS keyword is legitimate, but there was a change in the Universal Parser that scans the syntax before the extension command gets control that appears to have  broken this usage.

I will send you an updated file, SPSSINC_CENSOR_TABLES.xml that will get around this problem.  I will get the posted version of the extension updated to use the modified xml file.

As for latest vs previous, the other keyword was added for consistency with some other extension commands.  Either one will work.

On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 11:14 AM, Walker J. Bosch <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hi all,

 

I’ve been trying to run syntax that was written and ran as intended in v21 to censor the results of a table based on the n of the row.  Syntax is pasted below.  In v23 (patched and updated) it does not work on my or my colleague’s computer.  I checked and I do have the most up-to-date version of the extension.

 

The problem is centered on the “PROCESS=ALL” option.  It throws an error that “keyword PROCESS must specify a single unquoted string”.  If I change the process keyword to either “Latest” or “Previous” it will run as it is intended to when using those keywords (‘latest’ is what pastes out of the syntax window, though I’m pretty sure it used to be ‘previous’).  I cannot get it to run no matter what I do when trying to use the “All” keyword.  The help file won’t even launch when hitting F1 if you have “process = all” in the syntax.

 

Has anyone else had this issue or know a way around it?  Thanks for any help you can provide!

 

SPSSINC CENSOR TABLES

CRITLABEL="N" TESTTYPE="<" CRITVALUE=10

DIRECTION=ROW NEIGHBORS=0 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 process = ALL

/OPTIONS APPENDCAPTION=NO CONDITIONALCAPTION=NO

SYMBOL="---".

 

 

Walker Bosch | Data Analyst

Wilder Research | 451 Lexington Parkway North | Saint Paul, MN  55104

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