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Temporary only lasts until you do the first Procedure or Execute.
I expect that your problem here is that you do not ask to *do* anything while your Temporary is in effect -- there is no procedure requested. You will find it easier to make use of FILTER - it stays in effect until you change the request. -- Rich Ulrich Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:16:43 +0530 From: [hidden email] Subject: TEMPORARY COMMAND To: [hidden email] Hi All, Below my sample data 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 4.00 7.00 9.00 11.00 3.00 5.00 6.00 4.00 I want to select only first 5 cases of the record and by using the record i want to do some analysis. As i don't want to delete my cases permanently i used TEMPORARY command but using the command i couldn't apply IF statement. Below the syntax i used : TEMPORARY . SELECT IF $casenum LE 5. IF VAR00001 = 4 TEST =1. EXECUTE . It would be great if someone explain me the usage of TEMPORARY statement in detail by using examples !! Thanks in advance ! |
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This is really nicely spelled out in the Syntax reference guide!!!
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As well as the Syntax Reference Guide have a look at the tutorials on my site: see page http://surveyresearch.weebly.com/23-data-transformations.html, http://surveyresearch.weebly.com/uploads/2/9/9/8/2998485/2.3.1.3__conditional_frequencies_exercise_bsa_1986.pdf and John Hall Email: [hidden email] Website: www.surveyresearch.weebly.com Skype: surveyresearcher1 Phone: (+33) (0) 2.33.45.91.47 From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of deepanshu bhalla Hi All, Below my sample data 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 4.00 7.00 9.00 11.00 3.00 5.00 6.00 4.00 I want to select only first 5 cases of the record and by using the record i want to do some analysis. As i don't want to delete my cases permanently i used TEMPORARY command but using the command i couldn't apply IF statement. Below the syntax i used : TEMPORARY . SELECT IF $casenum LE 5. IF VAR00001 = 4 TEST =1. EXECUTE . It would be great if someone explain me the usage of TEMPORARY statement in detail by using examples !! Thanks in advance ! |
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Hi, I a slight modification to your sample code may illustrate it (depending on your data): COMPUTE test = 0. TEMPORARY . SELECT IF $casenum LE 5. IF VAR00001 = 4 TEST =1. FRE test. /* with the effect of 'temporary'. FRE test. /* ... and without
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EXECUTE with TEMPORARY is completely useless!
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I don’t think this is an expected use of temporary. Generally. Temporary is used to select cases for a single analysis command, not as a way to select cases for a computation. As you can see from the responses there are many ways to use the first 5 cases to calculate.
What you choose depends on what you intend to do with the results and whether you want to keep the calculated variable test.. You could use : Do IF $casenum LE 5. Compute test=( VAR00001 = 4). *could include additional calculations for the first 5 cases here. End if. ** This will assign both 0 and 1 to test for the first 5 cases/cases 6-hi will be sysmis. Or: If ($casenum LE 5
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VAR00001 = 4) test=1. ** This will only assign the 1 values as in your example below. Or: if you want the 0 values for all cases: COMPUTE test = 0. If ($casenum LE 5
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VAR00001 = 4) test=1. From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]]
On Behalf Of Albert-Jan Roskam Hi, I a slight modification to your sample code may illustrate it (depending on your data): COMPUTE test = 0. TEMPORARY . SELECT IF $casenum LE 5. IF VAR00001 = 4 TEST =1. FRE test. /* with the effect of 'temporary'. FRE test. /* ... and without it Cheers!! From: John F Hall <[hidden email]> As well as the Syntax Reference Guide have a look at the tutorials on my site: see page http://surveyresearch.weebly.com/23-data-transformations.html,
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From the "Fine Manual" as in RTFM:
TEMPORARY TEMPORARY signals the beginning of *temporary* transformations that are in effect only for the next procedure. New numeric or string variables created after the TEMPORARY command are temporary variables. Any modifications made to existing variables after the TEMPORARY command are also *temporary*. With TEMPORARY you can perform separate analyses for subgroups in the data and then repeat the analysis for the file as a whole. You can also use TRANSFORM to transform data for one analysis but not for other subsequent analyses. -------------------------------------
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In other words, temporary transformations
are...temporary. They are not save in active dataset.
If you don't want them to be temporary, don't use the TEMPORARY command. If you want transformations to only apply to a subset of cases, use DO IF or IF. Rick Oliver Senior Information Developer IBM Business Analytics (SPSS) E-mail: [hidden email] Phone: 312.893.4922 | T/L: 206-4922 From: David Marso <[hidden email]> To: [hidden email] Date: 02/13/2012 11:17 AM Subject: Re: TEMPORARY COMMAND Sent by: "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <[hidden email]> From the "Fine Manual" as in RTFM: TEMPORARY TEMPORARY signals the beginning of *temporary* transformations that are in effect only for the next procedure. New numeric or string variables created after the TEMPORARY command are temporary variables. Any modifications made to existing variables after the TEMPORARY command are also *temporary*. With TEMPORARY you can perform separate analyses for subgroups in the data and then repeat the analysis for the file as a whole. You can also use TRANSFORM to transform data for one analysis but not for other subsequent analyses. ------------------------------------- deepanshu bhalla wrote > > Thanks all for your valuable responses .I know EXECUTE doesn't work with > TEMPORARY command..I was curious to know is there any way to use TEMPORARY > command to make changes in DATA ( I want changes reflect in my data not > just print output in output window) > > ________________________________ > From: David Marso <david.marso@> > To: SPSSX-L@.UGA > Sent: Monday, 13 February 2012 7:20 PM > Subject: Re: TEMPORARY COMMAND > > EXECUTE with TEMPORARY is completely useless! > -- > > deepanshu bhalla wrote >> >> Hi All, >> >> Below my sample data >> >> >> 1.00 >> 2.00 >> 3.00 >> 4.00 >> 5.00 >> 6.00 >> 4.00 >> 7.00 >> 9.00 >> 11.00 >> 3.00 >> 5.00 >> 6.00 >> 4.00 >> >> I want to select only first 5 cases of the record and by using the record >> i want to do some analysis. >> As i don't want to delete my cases permanently i used TEMPORARY command >> but using the command i couldn't apply IF statement. >> >> Below the syntax i used : >> >> TEMPORARY . >> >> SELECT IF  $casenum LE 5. >> IF VAR00001 = 4 TEST =1. >> EXECUTE . >> >> >> It would be great if someone explain me the usage of TEMPORARY statement >> in detail by using examples !! >> >> >> Thanks in advance ! >> > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://spssx-discussion.1045642.n5.nabble.com/TEMPORARY-COMMAND-tp5475653p5479279.html > Sent from the SPSSX Discussion mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ===================== > To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a message to > LISTSERV@.UGA (not to SPSSX-L), with no body text except the > command. To leave the list, send the command > SIGNOFF SPSSX-L > For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, send the command > INFO REFCARD > -- View this message in context: http://spssx-discussion.1045642.n5.nabble.com/TEMPORARY-COMMAND-tp5475653p5479886.html Sent from the SPSSX Discussion mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ===================== To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a message to [hidden email] (not to SPSSX-L), with no body text except the command. To leave the list, send the command SIGNOFF SPSSX-L For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, send the command INFO REFCARD |
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Hi Deepanshu,
Temp is a great help to me in this case. Say if I wanna built a code that allows me to extract yearly reports. I will use temp command. example: define !year (!pos !token(1)). temp. select if (year=!1). fre income. temp. select if (year=!1). crosstab agegrp by gender /cell=col count /stat=chisq. !enddefine. !year 2010. !year 2009. !year 2008. Warmest Regards Dorraj Oet Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:00:59 +0530 From: [hidden email] Subject: Re: TEMPORARY COMMAND To: [hidden email] Thanks all for your valuable responses .I know EXECUTE doesn't work with TEMPORARY command..I was curious to know is there any way to use TEMPORARY command to make changes in DATA ( I want changes reflect in my data not just print output in output window)
From: David Marso <[hidden email]> To: [hidden email] Sent: Monday, 13 February 2012 7:20 PM Subject: Re: TEMPORARY COMMAND EXECUTE with TEMPORARY is completely useless! -- deepanshu bhalla wrote > > Hi All, > > Below my sample data > > > 1.00 > 2.00 > 3.00 > 4.00 > 5.00 > 6.00 > 4.00 > 7.00 > 9.00 > 11.00 > 3.00 > 5.00 > 6.00 > 4.00 > > I want to select only first 5 cases of the record and by using the record > i want to do some analysis. > As i don't want to delete my cases permanently i used TEMPORARY command > but using the command i couldn't apply IF statement. > > Below the syntax i used : > > TEMPORARY . > > SELECT IF  $casenum LE 5. > IF VAR00001 = 4 TEST =1. > EXECUTE . > > > It would be great if someone explain me the usage of TEMPORARY statement > in detail by using examples !! > > > Thanks in advance ! > -- View this message in context: http://spssx-discussion.1045642.n5.nabble.com/TEMPORARY-COMMAND-tp5475653p5479279.html Sent from the SPSSX Discussion mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ===================== To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a message to [hidden email] (not to SPSSX-L), with no body text except the command. To leave the list, send the command SIGNOFF SPSSX-L For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, send the command INFO REFCARD |
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