using "?" in the variable label to refer to a group of variables

[Carmen]

I have a set of variables labelled gs010_1 gs010_2 gs010_3 [...] gs010_7.
In stata I can refer to all of them by writing gs010_?. The ? will
automatically be replaced by 1, 2, 3 [...] and 7. Is there something
similar in SPSS?

Thanks a lot,
Carmen

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[Albert-Jan Roskam]

Are you talking about variable labels or variable names? If it's about var labels, you can use TO, as in 'gs010_1 TO gs010_99.

 

Cheers!!
Albert-Jan

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From: Carmen <[hidden email]>
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Sent: Fri, May 27, 2011 10:12:53 AM
Subject: [SPSSX-L] using "?" in the variable label to refer to a group of variables

I have a set of variables labelled gs010_1 gs010_2 gs010_3 [...] gs010_7.
In stata I can refer to all of them by writing gs010_?. The ? will
automatically be replaced by 1, 2, 3 [...] and 7. Is there something
similar in SPSS?

Thanks a lot,
Carmen

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[Carmen]

Sorry, I am talking about variable names.

For the moment, when I'm writing a syntax I have to list all variables. For
instance:

Frequencies gs010_1 gs010_2 gs010_3 and so on until gs010_7.

And I was wondering if there is a way to make it shorter. I know that in
stata it is possible to write it like this:

Frequencies gs010_?

Best,
Carmen


On Fri, 27 May 2011 03:26:07 -0700, Albert-Jan Roskam <[hidden email]> wrote:

>Are you talking about variable labels or variable names? If it's about var
>labels, you can use TO, as in 'gs010_1 TO gs010_99.
> Cheers!!
>Albert-Jan
>
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public
>order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what
have the

>Romans ever done for us?
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
>
>
>________________________________
>From: Carmen <[hidden email]>
>To: [hidden email]
>Sent: Fri, May 27, 2011 10:12:53 AM
>Subject: [SPSSX-L] using "?" in the variable label to refer to a group of
>variables
>
>I have a set of variables labelled gs010_1 gs010_2 gs010_3 [...] gs010_7.
>In stata I can refer to all of them by writing gs010_?. The ? will
>automatically be replaced by 1, 2, 3 [...] and 7. Is there something
>similar in SPSS?
>
>Thanks a lot,
>Carmen
>
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[Bruce Weaver]

If the variables are contiguous, then you can use TO, as shown by Albert-Jan.  I.e.,

Frequencies gs010_1 TO gs010_7.

If they are not contiguous, and if you will be using the same set of variables repeatedly, you can use a macro to define the variable list.  Here's a variation on an example from the "fine" manual.  

DEFINE !myvars ()
gs010_1 gs010_2 gs010_3  gs010_4  gs010_5  gs010_6  gs010_7
!ENDDEFINE.

FREQUENCIES !myvars.
DESCRIPTIVES !myvars.

etc

HTH.

Carmen wrote

Sorry, I am talking about variable names.

For the moment, when I'm writing a syntax I have to list all variables. For
instance:

Frequencies gs010_1 gs010_2 gs010_3 and so on until gs010_7.

And I was wondering if there is a way to make it shorter. I know that in
stata it is possible to write it like this:

Frequencies gs010_?

Best,
Carmen


On Fri, 27 May 2011 03:26:07 -0700, Albert-Jan Roskam <[hidden email]> wrote:

>Are you talking about variable labels or variable names? If it's about var
>labels, you can use TO, as in 'gs010_1 TO gs010_99.
> Cheers!!
>Albert-Jan
>
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public
>order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what
have the
>Romans ever done for us?
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
>
>
>________________________________
>From: Carmen <[hidden email]>
>To: [hidden email]
>Sent: Fri, May 27, 2011 10:12:53 AM
>Subject: [SPSSX-L] using "?" in the variable label to refer to a group of
>variables
>
>I have a set of variables labelled gs010_1 gs010_2 gs010_3 [...] gs010_7.
>In stata I can refer to all of them by writing gs010_?. The ? will
>automatically be replaced by 1, 2, 3 [...] and 7. Is there something
>similar in SPSS?
>
>Thanks a lot,
>Carmen
>
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[Jon K Peck]

In addition to these solutions, you can use the extension command SPSSINC SELECT VARIABLES or its associated dialog box, Utilities>Define Variable Macro to create a macro listing variables based on one or more of a name wildcard (actually regular expression), variable type, measurement level and custom attributes.  This command is available from the SPSS Community website (www.ibm.com/developerworks/spssdevcentral).  It requires the Python Essentials also available from that site.

HTH,

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From:        Bruce Weaver <[hidden email]>
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Date:        05/27/2011 06:36 AM
Subject:        Re: [SPSSX-L] using "?" in the variable label to refer to a group              of              variables
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If the variables are contiguous, then you can use TO, as shown by Albert-Jan.
I.e.,

Frequencies gs010_1 TO gs010_7.

If they are not contiguous, and if you will be using the same set of
variables repeatedly, you can use a macro to define the variable list.
Here's a variation on an example from the "fine" manual.

DEFINE !myvars ()
gs010_1 gs010_2 gs010_3  gs010_4  gs010_5  gs010_6  gs010_7
!ENDDEFINE.

FREQUENCIES !myvars.
DESCRIPTIVES !myvars.

etc

HTH.



Carmen wrote:
>
> Sorry, I am talking about variable names.
>
> For the moment, when I'm writing a syntax I have to list all variables.
> For
> instance:
>
> Frequencies gs010_1 gs010_2 gs010_3 and so on until gs010_7.
>
> And I was wondering if there is a way to make it shorter. I know that in
> stata it is possible to write it like this:
>
> Frequencies gs010_?
>
> Best,
> Carmen
>
>
> On Fri, 27 May 2011 03:26:07 -0700, Albert-Jan Roskam
> &lt;[hidden email]&gt; wrote:
>
>>Are you talking about variable labels or variable names? If it's about var
>>labels, you can use TO, as in 'gs010_1 TO gs010_99.
>> Cheers!!
>>Albert-Jan
>>
>>
>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine,
public
>>order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what
> have the
>>Romans ever done for us?
>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>________________________________
>>From: Carmen &lt;[hidden email]&gt;
>>To: [hidden email]
>>Sent: Fri, May 27, 2011 10:12:53 AM
>>Subject: [SPSSX-L] using "?" in the variable label to refer to a group of
>>variables
>>
>>I have a set of variables labelled gs010_1 gs010_2 gs010_3 [...] gs010_7.
>>In stata I can refer to all of them by writing gs010_?. The ? will
>>automatically be replaced by 1, 2, 3 [...] and 7. Is there something
>>similar in SPSS?
>>
>>Thanks a lot,
>>Carmen
>>
>>=====================
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>>command. To leave the list, send the command
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>>INFO REFCARD
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>
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