Re: PSPP GUI - I guess I'm just stupid, but...

[Ben Pfaff]

Paul and/or Minna Brown <address@hidden> writes:

> PSPP newbie, trying (ultimately) to get an SPSS .sav
> file to function as my data file in PSPP.  Would also
> LIKE to see what the GUI looks like, and I *think*
> I've done everything necessary to get it installed,
> but as there are no instructions, I have absolutely NO
> IDEA how to actually START the GUI.

Run the 'psppire' binary to start the GUI.  (You need to run
'make install' first.)

> My .syn file looks like this at the beginning: 
>
> #########
> DATA LIST LIST FILE='SPSSData' /age (f8) sex (a5)
> test1 (f8) test2 (f8).
> *BEGIN DATA.
>
> *END DATA.
> #########
>
> so I'm getting the raw data from another file, but now
> I'm stumped as to how to get the .sav file to work,
> because it has all the variables already defined as
> part of it, (and there are a LOT of them), so just
> changing from my own "SPSSData" file to the .sav file
> is not gonna work - or is it?

Usually, you use either a DATA LIST statement or a .sav file, not
both.  To read a .sav file, use the GET command, like so:
        GET FILE='filename.sav'.
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Ben Pfaff
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