reading a data

[s_pushparaj]

A month back I sent a request for reading a data with a condition. I was advised to use the REREAD command.
Now I have some problem related to that
Earlier I used data list command like the one below to read the txt file.
data list file "D:\Nss60_10\ahq2.txt" records 1/1

irsch 1-3 (A)

fsuno 4-8 (A)

rnd 9-10 (A)

sh 11-13

sht 14-14

samp 15-15

sector 16-16

state 17-19 (A)

district 20-21

stratum 22-23

subrnd 24-24

subsamp 25-25

subrgn 26-29

subbkno 30-30

secst 31-31

hhno 32-33.

Then I found the Mixed data reading format more useful given in a data management in SPSS book. So I used the following command sequence

FILE TYPE MIXED RECORD = 34-35 (A).

- RECORD TYPE '01'.

- DATA LIST FIXED

/

irsch 1-3 (A)

fsuno 4-8 (A)

rnd 9-10 (A)

sh 11-13

sht 14-14

samp 15-15

sector 16-16

state 17-19 (A)

district 20-21

stratum 22-23

subrnd 24-24

subsamp 25-25

subrgn 26-29

subbkno 30-30

secst 31-31

hhno 32-33.

END FILE TYPE.

But I am not able to insert the file location to prompt the spss processor to read the file.

Kindly help

pushparaj

[Melissa Ives]

According to SPSS help, the example is:

FILE TYPE  MIXED FILE='c:\data\treatmnt.txt' RECORD=RECID 1-2.

So you would need to add the "FILE='<path/filename>'" portion to your
syntax.

Melissa

-----Original Message-----
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of
s_pushparaj
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 9:43 AM
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Subject: [SPSSX-L] reading a data

A month back I sent a request for reading a data with a condition. I was
advised to use the REREAD command.
Now I have some problem related to that
Earlier I used data list command like the one below to read the txt
file.
data list file "D:\Nss60_10\ahq2.txt" records 1/1

irsch 1-3 (A)

fsuno 4-8 (A)

rnd 9-10 (A)

sh 11-13

sht 14-14

samp 15-15

sector 16-16

state 17-19 (A)

district 20-21

stratum 22-23

subrnd 24-24

subsamp 25-25

subrgn 26-29

subbkno 30-30

secst 31-31

hhno 32-33.

Then I found the Mixed data reading format more useful given in a data
management in SPSS book. So I used the following command sequence

FILE TYPE MIXED RECORD = 34-35 (A).

- RECORD TYPE '01'.

- DATA LIST FIXED

/

irsch 1-3 (A)

fsuno 4-8 (A)

rnd 9-10 (A)

sh 11-13

sht 14-14

samp 15-15

sector 16-16

state 17-19 (A)

district 20-21

stratum 22-23

subrnd 24-24

subsamp 25-25

subrgn 26-29

subbkno 30-30

secst 31-31

hhno 32-33.

END FILE TYPE.

But I am not able to insert the file location to prompt the spss
processor to read the file.

Kindly help

pushparaj


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The file name and path are inserted after the MIXED keyword:

FILE TYPE MIXED [FILE='file'] RECORD=[varname] column location [(format)]

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On 8/29/07, s_pushparaj <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> A month back I sent a request for reading a data with a condition. I was
> advised to use the REREAD command.
> Now I have some problem related to that
> Earlier I used data list command like the one below to read the txt file.
> data list file "D:\Nss60_10\ahq2.txt" records 1/1
>
> irsch 1-3 (A)
>
> fsuno 4-8 (A)
>
> rnd 9-10 (A)
>
> sh 11-13
>
> sht 14-14
>
> samp 15-15
>
> sector 16-16
>
> state 17-19 (A)
>
> district 20-21
>
> stratum 22-23
>
> subrnd 24-24
>
> subsamp 25-25
>
> subrgn 26-29
>
> subbkno 30-30
>
> secst 31-31
>
> hhno 32-33.
>
> Then I found the Mixed data reading format more useful given in a data
> management in SPSS book. So I used the following command sequence
>
> FILE TYPE MIXED RECORD = 34-35 (A).
>
> - RECORD TYPE '01'.
>
> - DATA LIST FIXED
>
> /
>
> irsch 1-3 (A)
>
> fsuno 4-8 (A)
>
> rnd 9-10 (A)
>
> sh 11-13
>
> sht 14-14
>
> samp 15-15
>
> sector 16-16
>
> state 17-19 (A)
>
> district 20-21
>
> stratum 22-23
>
> subrnd 24-24
>
> subsamp 25-25
>
> subrgn 26-29
>
> subbkno 30-30
>
> secst 31-31
>
> hhno 32-33.
>
> END FILE TYPE.
>
> But I am not able to insert the file location to prompt the spss processor
> to read the file.
>
> Kindly help
>
> pushparaj
>