Re: please help by running some syntax under SPSS

[Ben Pfaff]

Thanks Paul.  I'm not certain what went wrong, but "starting column:
2" for the 'end' keyword implies that you might have indented (at
least) that line with a space.  SPSS doesn't recognize "end data."
except at the beginning of a line.

Later on, "field contents: '_sline'" is extra puzzling, because my
syntax did not include '_sline' or anything similar.

I already received two other sets of usable results, so I don't need
you to try another time.  Thanks again!

On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 11:07 PM, Paul Vella <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Ben, these are the error messages I get when running this syntax in SPSS
> v20:
>
>
>
> Warning # 1102
>
> An invalid numeric field has been found. The result has been set to the
> system-missing value.
>
> Command line: 9 Current case: 2 Current splitfile group: 1
>
> Field contents: 'END'
>
> Record number: 2 Starting column: 2 Record length: 10
>
>
>
> Warning # 1102
>
> An invalid numeric field has been found. The result has been set to the
> system-missing value.
>
> Command line: 9 Current case: 2 Current splitfile group: 1
>
> Field contents: 'DATA.'
>
> Record number: 2 Starting column: 6 Record length: 10
>
>
>
> Warning # 1102
>
> An invalid numeric field has been found. The result has been set to the
> system-missing value.
>
> Command line: 9 Current case: 2 Current splitfile group: 1
>
> Field contents: 'DISPLAY'
>
> Record number: 3 Starting column: 2 Record length: 14
>
>
>
> Warning # 1102
>
> An invalid numeric field has been found. The result has been set to the
> system-missing value.
>
> Command line: 9 Current case: 2 Current splitfile group: 1
>
> Field contents: 'DICT.'
>
> Record number: 3 Starting column: 10 Record length: 14
>
>
>
> Warning # 1102
>
> An invalid numeric field has been found. The result has been set to the
> system-missing value.
>
> Command line: 9 Current case: 2 Current splitfile group: 1
>
> Field contents: 'SAVE'
>
> Record number: 4 Starting column: 2 Record length: 25
>
>
>
> Warning # 1102
>
> An invalid numeric field has been found. The result has been set to the
> system-missing value.
>
> Command line: 9 Current case: 2 Current splitfile group: 1
>
> Field contents: 'OUTFILE="role.sav".'
>
> Record number: 4 Starting column: 7 Record length: 25
>
>
>
> Warning # 1102
>
> An invalid numeric field has been found. The result has been set to the
> system-missing value.
>
> Command line: 9 Current case: 2 Current splitfile group: 1
>
> Field contents: '_SLINE'
>
> Record number: 5 Starting column: 1 Record length: 11
>
>
>
> Warning # 1102
>
> An invalid numeric field has been found. The result has been set to the
> system-missing value.
>
> Command line: 9 Current case: 3 Current splitfile group: 1
>
> Field contents: 'OFF.'
>
> Record number: 5 Starting column: 8 Record length: 11
>
>
>
>
>
> On 26 August 2013 16:01, Ben Pfaff <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> I'm not exactly sure of the format used in system files for the VARIABLE
>> ROLE command.  It would be very helpful for anyone with access to SPSS
>> to run the following syntax and send me the resulting .sav file.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ben.
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> DATA LIST FREE/x i t b n p s.
>> VAR ROLE
>>     /INPUT i
>>     /TARGET t
>>     /BOTH b
>>     /NONE n
>>     /PARTITION p
>>     /SPLIT s.
>> BEGIN DATA.
>> 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
>> END DATA.
>> DISPLAY DICT.
>> SAVE OUTFILE="role.sav".
>>
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>
> --
> Dr. Paul Vella, BBus (Hons), PhD
> Consultant/ Senior Analyst - Lewers Research
> Email: address@hidden