deleting characters from a string in SPSS

[SPSSPeter]

Hi,

I have an SPSS file with a string variable containing values of the following kind:

�56,070,577)
�260,167)
�3,754)
�295,858)

How can I remove the "�" and the brackets, so that I end up with the numbers alone? I have tried various procedures with Syntax which haven't worked. Could anyone post the correct Syntax?
Your help is very much appreciated,
best,

peter

[Rick Oliver-3]

This usually indicates that the file contain characters not supported in your current locale encoding. The best solution is to solve the encoding issue by using the proper encoding to read the file. You say it's an "SPSS file", but I suspect it started as something else, like a text data file. Assuming you are stuck with an SPSS format data file of unknown origin and consequently unknown encoding, you could try:

compute varname(substr, varname, 2).

Rick Oliver
Senior Information Developer
IBM Business Analytics (SPSS)
E-mail: [hidden email]



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Date:        02/04/2014 01:56 PM
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Hi,

I have an SPSS file with a string variable containing values of the
following kind:

�56,070,577)
�260,167)
�3,754)
�295,858)

How can I remove the "�" and the brackets, so that I end up with the numbers
alone? I have tried various procedures with Syntax which haven't worked.
Could anyone post the correct Syntax?
Your help is very much appreciated,
best,

peter



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[David Marso]

"compute varname(substr, varname, 2)."
Surely Rick,
You mean some more like
compute varname=CHAR.substr(varname, 2).

Rick Oliver wrote

This usually indicates that the file contain characters not supported in
your current locale encoding. The best solution is to solve the encoding
issue by using the proper encoding to read the file. You say it's an "SPSS
file", but I suspect it started as something else, like a text data file.
Assuming you are stuck with an SPSS format data file of unknown origin and
consequently unknown encoding, you could try:

compute varname(substr, varname, 2).

Rick Oliver
Senior Information Developer
IBM Business Analytics (SPSS)
E-mail: [hidden email]



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Date:   02/04/2014 01:56 PM
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Hi,

I have an SPSS file with a string variable containing values of the
following kind:

�56,070,577)
�260,167)
�3,754)
�295,858)

How can I remove the "�" and the brackets, so that I end up with the
numbers
alone? I have tried various procedures with Syntax which haven't worked.
Could anyone post the correct Syntax?
Your help is very much appreciated,
best,

peter



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[Rick Oliver-3]

My bad. Typing too fast and not thinking. And yes, best to use char.substr, not the deprecated char function.

Rick Oliver
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IBM Business Analytics (SPSS)
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From:        David Marso <[hidden email]>
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Date:        02/04/2014 04:17 PM
Subject:        Re: deleting characters from a string in SPSS
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"compute varname(substr, varname, 2)."
Surely Rick,
You mean some more like
compute varname=CHAR.substr(varname, 2).


Rick Oliver wrote
> This usually indicates that the file contain characters not supported in
> your current locale encoding. The best solution is to solve the encoding
> issue by using the proper encoding to read the file. You say it's an "SPSS
> file", but I suspect it started as something else, like a text data file.
> Assuming you are stuck with an SPSS format data file of unknown origin and
> consequently unknown encoding, you could try:
>
> compute varname(substr, varname, 2).
>
> Rick Oliver
> Senior Information Developer
> IBM Business Analytics (SPSS)
> E-mail:

> oliverr@.ibm

>
>
>
> From:   SPSSPeter &lt;

> peter.muenchen@

> &gt;
> To:

> SPSSX-L@.uga

> ,
> Date:   02/04/2014 01:56 PM
> Subject:        deleting characters from a string in SPSS
> Sent by:        "SPSSX(r) Discussion" &lt;

> SPSSX-L@.uga

> &gt;
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I have an SPSS file with a string variable containing values of the
> following kind:
>
> �56,070,577)
> �260,167)
> �3,754)
> �295,858)
>
> How can I remove the "�" and the brackets, so that I end up with the
> numbers
> alone? I have tried various procedures with Syntax which haven't worked.
> Could anyone post the correct Syntax?
> Your help is very much appreciated,
> best,
>
> peter
>
>
>
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[David Marso]

More important than the CHAR is the misplaced parentheses and scrambled code ;-)

Rick Oliver wrote

My bad. Typing too fast and not thinking. And yes, best to use
char.substr, not the deprecated char function.

Rick Oliver
Senior Information Developer
IBM Business Analytics (SPSS)
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To:     [hidden email],
Date:   02/04/2014 04:17 PM
Subject:        Re: deleting characters from a string in SPSS
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"compute varname(substr, varname, 2)."
Surely Rick,
You mean some more like
compute varname=CHAR.substr(varname, 2).


Rick Oliver wrote
> This usually indicates that the file contain characters not supported in
> your current locale encoding. The best solution is to solve the encoding
> issue by using the proper encoding to read the file. You say it's an
"SPSS
> file", but I suspect it started as something else, like a text data
file.
> Assuming you are stuck with an SPSS format data file of unknown origin
and
> consequently unknown encoding, you could try:
>
> compute varname(substr, varname, 2).
>
> Rick Oliver
> Senior Information Developer
> IBM Business Analytics (SPSS)
> E-mail:

> oliverr@.ibm

>
>
>
> From:   SPSSPeter <

> peter.muenchen@

> >
> To:

> SPSSX-L@.uga

> ,
> Date:   02/04/2014 01:56 PM
> Subject:        deleting characters from a string in SPSS
> Sent by:        "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <

> SPSSX-L@.uga

> >
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I have an SPSS file with a string variable containing values of the
> following kind:
>
> �56,070,577)
> �260,167)
> �3,754)
> �295,858)
>
> How can I remove the "�" and the brackets, so that I end up with the
> numbers
> alone? I have tried various procedures with Syntax which haven't worked.
> Could anyone post the correct Syntax?
> Your help is very much appreciated,
> best,
>
> peter
>
>
>
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[Bruce Weaver]

That doesn't get rid of the right parenthesis.  How about this (untested)?

COMPUTE varname=REPLACE(CHAR.substr(varname, 2),")","").

David Marso wrote

"compute varname(substr, varname, 2)."
Surely Rick,
You mean some more like
compute varname=CHAR.substr(varname, 2).

Rick Oliver wrote

This usually indicates that the file contain characters not supported in
your current locale encoding. The best solution is to solve the encoding
issue by using the proper encoding to read the file. You say it's an "SPSS
file", but I suspect it started as something else, like a text data file.
Assuming you are stuck with an SPSS format data file of unknown origin and
consequently unknown encoding, you could try:

compute varname(substr, varname, 2).

Rick Oliver
Senior Information Developer
IBM Business Analytics (SPSS)
E-mail: [hidden email]



From:   SPSSPeter <[hidden email]>
To:     [hidden email],
Date:   02/04/2014 01:56 PM
Subject:        deleting characters from a string in SPSS
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Hi,

I have an SPSS file with a string variable containing values of the
following kind:

�56,070,577)
�260,167)
�3,754)
�295,858)

How can I remove the "�" and the brackets, so that I end up with the
numbers
alone? I have tried various procedures with Syntax which haven't worked.
Could anyone post the correct Syntax?
Your help is very much appreciated,
best,

peter



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[MLIves]

Not sure why you need the CHAR.SUBSTR part.
This works...

compute V1=replace(V1," ","").
compute V1=replace(V1,")","").


56,070,577
260,167
3,754
295,858


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That doesn't get rid of the right parenthesis.  How about this (untested)?

COMPUTE varname=REPLACE(CHAR.substr(varname, 2),")","").



David Marso wrote

> "compute varname(substr, varname, 2)."
> Surely Rick,
> You mean some more like
> compute varname=CHAR.substr(varname, 2).
> Rick Oliver wrote
>> This usually indicates that the file contain characters not supported
>> in your current locale encoding. The best solution is to solve the
>> encoding issue by using the proper encoding to read the file. You say
>> it's an "SPSS file", but I suspect it started as something else, like
>> a text data file.
>> Assuming you are stuck with an SPSS format data file of unknown
>> origin and consequently unknown encoding, you could try:
>>
>> compute varname(substr, varname, 2).
>>
>> Rick Oliver
>> Senior Information Developer
>> IBM Business Analytics (SPSS)
>> E-mail:

>> oliverr@.ibm

>>
>>
>>
>> From:   SPSSPeter &lt;

>> peter.muenchen@

>> &gt;
>> To:

>> SPSSX-L@.uga

>> ,
>> Date:   02/04/2014 01:56 PM
>> Subject:        deleting characters from a string in SPSS
>> Sent by:        "SPSSX(r) Discussion" &lt;

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>> &gt;
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have an SPSS file with a string variable containing values of the
>> following kind:
>>
>>  56,070,577)
>>  260,167)
>>  3,754)
>>  295,858)
>>
>> How can I remove the " " and the brackets, so that I end up with the
>> numbers alone? I have tried various procedures with Syntax which
>> haven't worked.
>> Could anyone post the correct Syntax?
>> Your help is very much appreciated,
>> best,
>>
>> peter
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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>> m-a-string-in-SPSS-tp5724325.html
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Yes. That is correct.

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More important than the CHAR is the misplaced parentheses and scrambled code
;-)

Rick Oliver wrote
> My bad. Typing too fast and not thinking. And yes, best to use
> char.substr, not the deprecated char function.
>
> Rick Oliver
> Senior Information Developer
> IBM Business Analytics (SPSS)
> E-mail:

> oliverr@.ibm

>
>
>
> From:   David Marso &lt;

> david.marso@

> &gt;
> To:

> SPSSX-L@.uga

> ,
> Date:   02/04/2014 04:17 PM
> Subject:        Re: deleting characters from a string in SPSS
> Sent by:        "SPSSX(r) Discussion" &lt;

> SPSSX-L@.uga

> &gt;
>
>
>
> "compute varname(substr, varname, 2)."
> Surely Rick,
> You mean some more like
> compute varname=CHAR.substr(varname, 2).
>
>
> Rick Oliver wrote
>> This usually indicates that the file contain characters not supported in
>> your current locale encoding. The best solution is to solve the encoding
>> issue by using the proper encoding to read the file. You say it's an
> "SPSS
>> file", but I suspect it started as something else, like a text data
> file.
>> Assuming you are stuck with an SPSS format data file of unknown origin
> and
>> consequently unknown encoding, you could try:
>>
>> compute varname(substr, varname, 2).
>>
>> Rick Oliver
>> Senior Information Developer
>> IBM Business Analytics (SPSS)
>> E-mail:
>
>> oliverr@.ibm
>
>>
>>
>>
>> From:   SPSSPeter &lt;
>
>> peter.muenchen@
>
>> &gt;
>> To:
>
>> SPSSX-L@.uga
>
>> ,
>> Date:   02/04/2014 01:56 PM
>> Subject:        deleting characters from a string in SPSS
>> Sent by:        "SPSSX(r) Discussion" &lt;
>
>> SPSSX-L@.uga
>
>> &gt;
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have an SPSS file with a string variable containing values of the
>> following kind:
>>
>> �56,070,577)
>> �260,167)
>> �3,754)
>> �295,858)
>>
>> How can I remove the "�" and the brackets, so that I end up with the
>> numbers
>> alone? I have tried various procedures with Syntax which haven't worked.
>> Could anyone post the correct Syntax?
>> Your help is very much appreciated,
>> best,
>>
>> peter
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> View this message in context:
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[Bruce Weaver]

From the OP:  'How can I remove the "�" [which is in the initial position, given the examples provided] and the brackets, so that I end up with the numbers alone?'

Others had suggested the CHAR.SUBSTR approach to remove the "�".  I was following up on that, but also removing the right bracket.  In hindsight, one could also use RTRIM for that part.

Cheers!

Ives, Melissa L wrote

Not sure why you need the CHAR.SUBSTR part.
This works...

compute V1=replace(V1," ","").
compute V1=replace(V1,")","").


56,070,577
260,167
3,754
295,858


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That doesn't get rid of the right parenthesis.  How about this (untested)?

COMPUTE varname=REPLACE(CHAR.substr(varname, 2),")","").



David Marso wrote
> "compute varname(substr, varname, 2)."
> Surely Rick,
> You mean some more like
> compute varname=CHAR.substr(varname, 2).
> Rick Oliver wrote
>> This usually indicates that the file contain characters not supported
>> in your current locale encoding. The best solution is to solve the
>> encoding issue by using the proper encoding to read the file. You say
>> it's an "SPSS file", but I suspect it started as something else, like
>> a text data file.
>> Assuming you are stuck with an SPSS format data file of unknown
>> origin and consequently unknown encoding, you could try:
>>
>> compute varname(substr, varname, 2).
>>
>> Rick Oliver
>> Senior Information Developer
>> IBM Business Analytics (SPSS)
>> E-mail:

>> oliverr@.ibm

>>
>>
>>
>> From:   SPSSPeter <

>> peter.muenchen@

>> >
>> To:

>> SPSSX-L@.uga

>> ,
>> Date:   02/04/2014 01:56 PM
>> Subject:        deleting characters from a string in SPSS
>> Sent by:        "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <

>> SPSSX-L@.uga

>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have an SPSS file with a string variable containing values of the
>> following kind:
>>
>>  56,070,577)
>>  260,167)
>>  3,754)
>>  295,858)
>>
>> How can I remove the " " and the brackets, so that I end up with the
>> numbers alone? I have tried various procedures with Syntax which
>> haven't worked.
>> Could anyone post the correct Syntax?
>> Your help is very much appreciated,
>> best,
>>
>> peter
>>
>>
>>
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thank you all so much, it has worked, perfect!!! You helped me a loooooot!!!