Hi Khaleel,
The code below works properly as long as there are always only 3 variables.
HTH,
Ariel Barak
DATA LIST LIST /ID (F8) A (F8) B (F8) C (F8).
BEGIN DATA
1 65 50 78
2 50 65 80
3 70 78 55
4 60 60 65
END DATA.
DATASET NAME Original.
COMPUTE Top2=SUM(A TO C) - MIN(A TO C).
EXE.
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 12:31 PM, Khaleel Hussaini <
[hidden email]> wrote:
> Hello Listers,
> I am having trouble with a simple query. I have three variables A B & C.
> These are quantitative scores ranging 0 to 100. I want to pick two top
> scores and sum them. For e.g.
> A B C NewVar
> 65 50 78 65+78
> 50 65 80 65 + 80
> 70 78 55 70 + 78
> 60 60 65 60 +65
> etc.
> Sorry for posting a silly query.
>
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