error code

[albert_sun]

Hi, all:

i got this error code:

One or more values of variable stat contained a non-printing character. Each such character was replaced by a space. The data file itself was not modified.

anyone knows that kind of character is non-printable?

[MaxJasper]

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From: albert_sun [via SPSSX Discussion] [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: 2013-Oct-27 17:49
To: MaxJasper
Subject: error code

 

Hi, all:

i got this error code:

One or more values of variable stat contained a non-printing character. Each such character was replaced by a space. The data file itself was not modified.

anyone knows that kind of character is non-printable?

[Jon K Peck]

The possibilities depend on whether you are in Unicode mode or not.  To see the character codes you are getting, change the variable format to AHEXnn, where nn is 2x the A format.  (You have to do this in syntax, e,g,  FORMAT x(AHEX50)).

Most likely you have character codes below the normal blank character, which is x20.  So, for example, if you see the code 08, that is a formfeed character.

These can all be replaced by true blanks if appropriate.  For example,
compute strvar = replace(strvar, string(08, pib1),' ').


Jon Peck (no "h") aka Kim
Senior Software Engineer, IBM
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Date:        10/27/2013 05:49 PM
Subject:        [SPSSX-L] error code
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Hi, all:

i got this error code:

One or more values of variable stat contained a non-printing character. Each
such character was replaced by a space. The data file itself was not
modified.

anyone knows that kind of character is non-printable?





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[Albert-Jan Roskam]

Maybe extend it to all non-printable characters and clean all string variablles:

preserve.
set errors = none.  /* David's trick.
do repeat  #v = all.
+loop #ordinal = 1 to 31.
+  compute #v = replace(#v, string(#ordinal, pib1),' ').
+end loop if ( char.index(#v, string(#ordinal, pib1)) eq 0 ).
end repeat.
restore.

Regards,
Albert-Jan

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On Mon, 10/28/13, Jon K Peck <[hidden email]> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [SPSSX-L] error code
 To: [hidden email]
 Date: Monday, October 28, 2013, 1:56 AM

 The
 possibilities depend on whether you
 are in Unicode mode or not.  To see the character codes
 you are getting,
 change the variable format to AHEXnn, where nn is 2x the A
 format.  (You
 have to do this in syntax, e,g,  FORMAT
 x(AHEX50)).



 Most likely you have
 character codes
 below the normal blank character, which is x20.  So,
 for example,
 if you see the code 08, that is a formfeed character.



 These can all be replaced
 by true blanks
 if appropriate.  For example,

 compute strvar =
 replace(strvar, string(08,
 pib1),' ').





 Jon Peck (no "h") aka Kim

 Senior Software Engineer, IBM

 [hidden email]

 phone: [phone]









 From:

  albert_sun
 <[hidden email]>

 To:

  [hidden email],


 Date:

  10/27/2013
 05:49 PM

 Subject:

    [SPSSX-L] error
 code

 Sent by:

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 Discussion" <[hidden email]>








 Hi, all:



 i got this error code:



 One or more values of variable stat contained a non-printing
 character.
 Each

 such character was replaced by a space. The data file itself
 was not

 modified.



 anyone knows that kind of character is non-printable?











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[David Marso]

Won't the conditional loop termination skip any remaining characters following any that are not found?

Albert-Jan Roskam wrote

Maybe extend it to all non-printable characters and clean all string variablles:

preserve.
set errors = none.  /* David's trick.
do repeat  #v = all.
+loop #ordinal = 1 to 31.
+  compute #v = replace(#v, string(#ordinal, pib1),' ').
+end loop if ( char.index(#v, string(#ordinal, pib1)) eq 0 ).
end repeat.
restore.

Regards,
Albert-Jan

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All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a
fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?
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On Mon, 10/28/13, Jon K Peck <[hidden email]> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [SPSSX-L] error code
 To: [hidden email]
 Date: Monday, October 28, 2013, 1:56 AM

 The
 possibilities depend on whether you
 are in Unicode mode or not.  To see the character codes
 you are getting,
 change the variable format to AHEXnn, where nn is 2x the A
 format.  (You
 have to do this in syntax, e,g,  FORMAT
 x(AHEX50)).



 Most likely you have
 character codes
 below the normal blank character, which is x20.  So,
 for example,
 if you see the code 08, that is a formfeed character.



 These can all be replaced
 by true blanks
 if appropriate.  For example,

 compute strvar =
 replace(strvar, string(08,
 pib1),' ').





 Jon Peck (no "h") aka Kim

 Senior Software Engineer, IBM

 [hidden email]

 phone: [phone]









 From:

  albert_sun
 <[hidden email]>

 To:

  [hidden email],


 Date:

  10/27/2013
 05:49 PM

 Subject:

    [SPSSX-L] error
 code

 Sent by:

    "SPSSX(r)
 Discussion" <[hidden email]>








 Hi, all:



 i got this error code:



 One or more values of variable stat contained a non-printing
 character.
 Each

 such character was replaced by a space. The data file itself
 was not

 modified.



 anyone knows that kind of character is non-printable?











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