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[drfg2008]

simple question (but never needed it): How to comment several lines (not with * every line).

[Andy W]

****************************************************.
*normal comments work until a period
below me does not work, because there
are no periods before the compute
compute b = 1.

*look I do work - because of the period here ->.
compute c = 1.

*This is what the comments look like using the toggle comment tool.
*Go to [Tools -> Toggle Comment Selection] in the toolbar.
 * compute c = 1.
 * compute c = 1.
 * compute c = 1.
 * compute c = 1.
 * compute c = 1.
*This is pretty easy to comment multiple lines.
****************************************************.

In SAS if you enclose a set of syntax withing /* */ it comments out the entire section - but that is not the behavior in SPSS. The tool on the menu bar works pretty well though - even though it places asterisks on every line with a command.

[Ryan]

Something I've never done is provide inline comments in SPSS as follows:

PROC GLIMMIX data=<data file name> method=quad; *Insert method here;

CLASS group subject; *Insert categorical variables here;

MODEL y = group / s link=logit dist=binary; *Insert Fixed Effects here;

RANDOM intercept / subject=subject; *RANDOM intercept statement with subject as identifier;

RUN;

I can even go as far as doing something like this:

PROC GLIMMIX data=<data file name> method=quad;

CLASS group subject; 

MODEL y = group /*x*/ / s link=logit dist=binary; 

RANDOM intercept / subject=subject; *

RUN;

The MODEL statement above has removed x as a fixed effect from the model.

Is there a way to do this in SPSS?

Ryan

On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 7:58 AM, Andy W <[hidden email]> wrote:

****************************************************.
*normal comments work until a period
below me does not work, because there
are no periods before the compute
compute b = 1.

*look I do work - because of the period here ->.
compute c = 1.

*This is what the comments look like using the toggle comment tool.
*Go to [Tools -> Toggle Comment Selection] in the toolbar.
 * compute c = 1.
 * compute c = 1.
 * compute c = 1.
 * compute c = 1.
 * compute c = 1.
*This is pretty easy to comment multiple lines.
****************************************************.

In SAS if you enclose a set of syntax withing /* */ it comments out the
entire section - but that is not the behavior in SPSS. The tool on the menu
bar works pretty well though - even though it places asterisks on every line
with a command.





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From:        Ryan Black <[hidden email]>
To:        [hidden email],
Date:        06/18/2014 06:24 AM
Subject:        Re: [SPSSX-L] comment
Sent by:        "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <[hidden email]>

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Something I've never done is provide inline comments in SPSS as follows:

PROC GLIMMIX data=<data file name> method=quad; *Insert method here;
CLASS group subject; *Insert categorical variables here;
MODEL y = group / s link=logit dist=binary; *Insert Fixed Effects here;
RANDOM intercept / subject=subject; *RANDOM intercept statement with subject as identifier;
RUN;

I can even go as far as doing something like this:

PROC GLIMMIX data=<data file name> method=quad;
CLASS group subject; 
MODEL y = group /*x*/ / s link=logit dist=binary; 
RANDOM intercept / subject=subject; *
RUN;

The MODEL statement above has removed x as a fixed effect from the model.

Is there a way to do this in SPSS?

Ryan


On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 7:58 AM, Andy W <apwheele@...> wrote:
****************************************************.
*normal comments work until a period
below me does not work, because there
are no periods before the compute
compute b = 1.

*look I do work - because of the period here ->.
compute c = 1.

*This is what the comments look like using the toggle comment tool.
*Go to [Tools -> Toggle Comment Selection] in the toolbar.
 * compute c = 1.
 * compute c = 1.
 * compute c = 1.
 * compute c = 1.
 * compute c = 1.
*This is pretty easy to comment multiple lines.
****************************************************.

In SAS if you enclose a set of syntax withing /* */ it comments out the
entire section - but that is not the behavior in SPSS. The tool on the menu
bar works pretty well though - even though it places asterisks on every line
with a command.





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Andy W
apwheele@...
http://andrewpwheeler.wordpress.com/
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