passing a variable value as function argument

[Norberto Hernandez]

Hi everobody. I have a set of 90 variables Var1 to Var90, and I want to set the variable label as follow:

Var1 'Variable 1'

Var2 'Variable 2'

.

.

.

Var90 'Variable 90'

My current syntax is:

LOOP #i=1 TO 90.

   VARIABLE LABELS CONCAT('valp',#i) CONCAT('"Valencia reactivo  "',#i).

END LOOP.

But the system shows me the error "missespecified variable name at VARIABLE LABELS command"

So, I tried to assign the value name with a COMPUTE and pass the variable values as argument for the function VARIABLE LABELS as follow:

  COMPUTE varname =Concat('Var', #i).

  COMPUTE varlabel = Concat('Variable ' #i).

  VARIABLE LABELS varname varlabel.

But the system Error "Character argument necessary for the specified function was not suministered". I think something about passing variable values as arguments is missing, but I'm not sure. I hope you can guide me.

Regards

Norberto Hernández

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[David Marso]

Look up DEFINE !ENDDEFINE and within that section !DO !DOEND and !CONCAT.

Norberto Hernandez wrote

Hi everobody. I have a set of 90 variables Var1 to Var90, and I want to set
the variable label as follow:

Var1 'Variable 1'
Var2 'Variable 2'
.
.
.
Var90 'Variable 90'

My current syntax is:

LOOP #i=1 TO 90.
   VARIABLE LABELS CONCAT('valp',#i) CONCAT('"Valencia reactivo  "',#i).
END LOOP.

But the system shows me the error "missespecified variable name at VARIABLE
LABELS command"

So, I tried to assign the value name with a COMPUTE and pass the variable
values as argument for the function VARIABLE LABELS as follow:

  COMPUTE varname =Concat('Var', #i).
  COMPUTE varlabel = Concat('Variable ' #i).
  VARIABLE LABELS varname varlabel.

But the system Error "Character argument necessary for the specified
function was not suministered". I think something about passing variable
values as arguments is missing, but I'm not sure. I hope you can guide me.

Regards
Norberto Hernández

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[Jon K Peck]

Or do it with a tiny Python program.

begin program.
import spss
for i in range(1, 91):
    spss.Submit("""VARIABLE LABEL valp%(i)s 'Valencia reactivo %(i)s'.""" % locals())
end program.

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From:        David Marso <[hidden email]>
To:        [hidden email]
Date:        09/05/2014 05:14 PM
Subject:        Re: [SPSSX-L] passing a variable value as function argument
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Look up DEFINE !ENDDEFINE and within that section !DO !DOEND and !CONCAT.


Norberto Hernandez wrote
> Hi everobody. I have a set of 90 variables Var1 to Var90, and I want to
> set
> the variable label as follow:
>
> Var1 'Variable 1'
> Var2 'Variable 2'
> .
> .
> .
> Var90 'Variable 90'
>
> My current syntax is:
>
> LOOP #i=1 TO 90.
>    VARIABLE LABELS CONCAT('valp',#i) CONCAT('"Valencia reactivo  "',#i).
> END LOOP.
>
> But the system shows me the error "missespecified variable name at
> VARIABLE
> LABELS command"
>
> So, I tried to assign the value name with a COMPUTE and pass the variable
> values as argument for the function VARIABLE LABELS as follow:
>
>   COMPUTE varname =Concat('Var', #i).
>   COMPUTE varlabel = Concat('Variable ' #i).
>   VARIABLE LABELS varname varlabel.
>
> But the system Error "Character argument necessary for the specified
> function was not suministered". I think something about passing variable
> values as arguments is missing, but I'm not sure. I hope you can guide me.
>
> Regards
> Norberto Hernández
>
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[Norberto Hernandez]

David, Jon, thank you very much for your responses. I still don't understand why it's necessary to pass the arguments in a macro way, and whats the rule about it (in what cases use a macro and in what cases pass directly the arguments). Is any reference about SPSS programming that I could look to?

Thank you

Norberto

2014-09-05 20:11 GMT-05:00 Jon K Peck <[hidden email]>:

Or do it with a tiny Python program.

begin program.
import spss
for i in range(1, 91):
    spss.Submit("""VARIABLE LABEL valp%(i)s 'Valencia reactivo %(i)s'.""" % locals())
end program.

Jon Peck (no "h") aka Kim
Senior Software Engineer, IBM
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phone: [phone]




From:        David Marso <[hidden email]>
To:        [hidden email]
Date:        09/05/2014 05:14 PM
Subject:        Re: [SPSSX-L] passing a variable value as function argument
Sent by:        "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <[hidden email]>

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Look up DEFINE !ENDDEFINE and within that section !DO !DOEND and !CONCAT.


Norberto Hernandez wrote
> Hi everobody. I have a set of 90 variables Var1 to Var90, and I want to
> set
> the variable label as follow:
>
> Var1 'Variable 1'
> Var2 'Variable 2'
> .
> .
> .
> Var90 'Variable 90'
>
> My current syntax is:
>
> LOOP #i=1 TO 90.
>    VARIABLE LABELS CONCAT('valp',#i) CONCAT('"Valencia reactivo  "',#i).
> END LOOP.
>
> But the system shows me the error "missespecified variable name at
> VARIABLE
> LABELS command"
>
> So, I tried to assign the value name with a COMPUTE and pass the variable
> values as argument for the function VARIABLE LABELS as follow:
>
>   COMPUTE varname =Concat('Var', #i).
>   COMPUTE varlabel = Concat('Variable ' #i).
>   VARIABLE LABELS varname varlabel.
>
> But the system Error "Character argument necessary for the specified
> function was not suministered". I think something about passing variable
> values as arguments is missing, but I'm not sure. I hope you can guide me.
>
> Regards
> Norberto Hernández
>
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