Flip command and string vars

Posted by Maguin, Eugene on Nov 19, 2013; 3:28pm
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/Flip-command-and-string-vars-tp5723152.html

Given a dataset of only string vars of the same dimension, e.g., a5, I’m curious as to why the Flip command returns sysmis for the rearranged dataset. I understand that this is a very specific situation and maybe that’s a good enough reason. And I understand why flip won’t work for a mixed dataset of either strings and numeric or strings of varying dimensions.

Gene Maguin