In 'normal' -whatever that is- SPSS syntax you can have only a single variable assigned per statement in a COMPUTE or IF.
Perhaps you want DO IF.
DO IF (VarX=828).
+ COMPUTE VarY="CAW".
+ COMPUTE VarZ="HEQ".
END IF.
OTOH: In more exotic features of SPSS you can perform multiple assignments.
MATRIX.
COMPUTE VarX=828.
DO IF VarX=828.
COMPUTE VarYZ={"CAW","HEQ"}.
END IF.
PRINT VarYZ / FORMAT "A3".
END MATRIX.
spssx100 wrote
Hello
I have syntax that looks like this already set up and working well.
IF (VarX=828) VarY="CAW".
IF (VarX=828) VarZ="HEQ".
Can it be simplified into one line, so something like:
If (VarX=820) VarY="CAW" and VarZ="HEQ".?
That doesn't work, but I can't be too far off?!
To clarify, there is one condition to be met, and if it's met, I want to give a value to each of two other variables.
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