SPSS is everywere
(Source: Flickr)
Archive for August 17th, 2006
Recoding with a syntax
This week we got a question from Timo.
Is it possible to use syntax when recoding variables? For example, if I
had a variable that included the following values:
Ladybird
Bluebird
Elm
Butterfly
and I wanted to recode any values that included ‘bird’ into a new value
‘bird’, can I do this with the Recode transformation?
To solve to problem the following syntax is an option:
DATA LIST LIST /var1(A15).
BEGIN DATA
Bluebird
Ladybird
Birdwatcher
Butterfly
Elm
END DATA.
STRING newVar(A15).
DO IF INDEX(UPCASE(var1),”BIRD”) > 0 .
- COMPUTE newVar=”BIRD”.
END IF.
EXECUTE.
Do you also need an answer to your SPSS question, submit your question here.