saving from SPSS to ASCII with datamap

[Alex]

Hello,

I want to use the WRITE OUTFILE command with the RECORDS subcommand to generate a specific format for my ascii file.This part works great, no problems here.
The issue is if i want to check the ascii file i need a datamap. And the WRITE OUTFILE command combined with the RECORDS subcommand does not generate such a datamap.

Thank you,
Alex

[Jon K Peck]

Add TABLE to your specification, e.g.,
write outfile="c:/temp/write.txt" table/salary jobcat educ gender

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Hello,

I want to use the WRITE OUTFILE command with the RECORDS subcommand to
generate a specific format for my ascii file.This part works great, no
problems here.
The issue is if i want to check the ascii file i need a datamap. And the
WRITE OUTFILE command combined with the RECORDS subcommand does not generate
such a datamap.

Thank you,
Alex



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[Alex]

This is my original syntax:

WRITE OUTFILE='C:\Users\alex\Desktop\ex1.dat'
  Records=1
 /RESPID 1-8
SQ1 10
SQ2 12.
EXECUTE.

now if i add Table / ALL before the Records command i get an error that the RecordS command is not recognized.
if i add Table / ALL after the Records command i get an error that the Table command is not recognized

[Jon K Peck]

WRITE OUTFILE='C:\Users\alex\Desktop\ex1.dat'
 Records=1 table
/RESPID 1-8
SQ1 10
SQ2 12.

You don't actually need the records specification anyway.  It doesn't affect the operation of the command.

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Date:        10/01/2012 09:09 AM
Subject:        Re: [SPSSX-L] saving from SPSS to ASCII with datamap
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This is my original syntax:

WRITE OUTFILE='C:\Users\alex\Desktop\ex1.dat'
 Records=1
/RESPID 1-8
SQ1 10
SQ2 12.
EXECUTE.

now if i add Table / ALL before the Records command i get an error that the
RecordS command is not recognized.
if i add Table / ALL after the Records command i get an error that the Table
command is not recognized



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[David Marso]

GET FILE='C:\Program Files\SPSS\1991 U.S. General Social Survey.sav'.

WRITE OUTFILE "C:\temp\write test.dat"  RECORDS 3 TABLE
 / 1 sex race region happy (4(F8.2,x))
 / 2 life sibs childs (3(F10.6,x))
 / 3 age (F20.16).
EXE.
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Write will generate the following

Variable   Rec   Start     End         Format

SEX          1       1       8         F8.2
RACE         1      10      17         F8.2
REGION       1      19      26         F8.2
HAPPY        1      28      35         F8.2
LIFE         2       1      10         F10.6
SIBS         2      12      21         F10.6
CHILDS       2      23      32         F10.6
AGE          3       1      20         F20.16

Alex wrote

This is my original syntax:

WRITE OUTFILE='C:\Users\alex\Desktop\ex1.dat'
  Records=1
 /RESPID 1-8
SQ1 10
SQ2 12.
EXECUTE.

now if i add Table / ALL before the Records command i get an error that the RecordS command is not recognized.
if i add Table / ALL after the Records command i get an error that the Table command is not recognized

[Alex]

Like a charm :D thanks a lot!