split into files extension problem

[mpirritano]

Spss’ers,

 

I’ve been using the split into files extension since it became available.

 

I’m suddenly having a strange problem with it. I have a short file with a facility name, facility id, date, and count_var. I want to split into files on the facility name. There are only about 3,000 lines.

 

When I run split into files instead of getting files in my selected output directory I get one file with facility name and count_var. But count_var now has a new variable name and that is the spss assigned dataset number that looks like this: D0.0593025106552

 

I have used point and click to create the split into files syntax so all variables are in the correct case. I’m adding a date prefix to filenames. Here’s the syntax.

 

SPSSINC SPLIT DATASET SPLITVAR=FACILITY_NAME

/OUTPUT DIRECTORY= "D:\Data\Eligibility\application_sites\split_by_site" DELETECONTENTS=NO

/OPTIONS NAMES=VALUES NAMEPREFIX="20120109" PRINTLIST=YES.

 

Facility_Name is kind of wide, 40 characters, but I’ve done this before with much wider fields. 

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks

Matt

 

Matthew Pirritano, Ph.D.

Research Analyst IV

Medical Services Initiative (MSI)

Orange County Health Care Agency

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