Re: reading a csv file

[Ben Pfaff]

Stefano Mazzuco <address@hidden> writes:

> Sorry for a probably stupid question but I'm quite new to pspp and cannot
> find a proper answer in the manual.
>
> I'm trying to read a dataset in "comma-separated" format. A problem I have
> in doing this is that variables names are already in the data file in the
> first line, but I don't know how to tell it to pspp.

If the format of the CSV file is sufficiently simple (i.e. no
quoted fields) then you should be able to use DATA LIST LIST with
',' as delimiter character and specifying SKIP=1 to skip the
first line.  If you're using PSPP 0.4.0, instead of the version
from CVS, then the SKIP subcommand won't be available, and you
can do something like the following to simulate it:
        COMPUTE SEQ=$CASENUM.
        EXECUTE.
        SELECT IF SEQ <> 1.
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