Re: An easy question

[Domingo J Rubira López]

That was!
Thank you

Domingo

El El mié, 12 ago 2020 a las 9:53, John Darrington <
john@darrington.wattle.id.au> escribió:

>  (please CC pspp-users@gnu.org in your replies, so that other people can
> benefit
>   from the discussion)
>
> In that case, I think you were correct.  You need to do something like:
>
> add files /file='foo.sav' /file='few.sav'.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> J'
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 09:24:10AM +0200, Domingo J Rubira L??pez wrote:
>      Thank you John. Could you try with an example? If a I have 2 files
> with the
>      same variables, that is: a partner and me are filling the same
> database but
>      separately, we have finished collecting and we want to mix together
> in only
>      one database. My file is called foo.sav, his is called few.sav
>
>      How could I do it?? What must I write in sintaxis?
>
>      Thanks and sorry.
>
>      Domingo
>
>      El mi??., 12 ago. 2020 a las 9:16, John Darrington (<
>      john@darrington.wattle.id.au>) escribi??:
>
>      > I think that 'ADD FILES' is not what you want.
>      >
>      > If you are merely trying to open a system ('*.sav') file, then you
> should
>      > be reading
>      > section 9.3 which says:
>      >
>      >      GET
>      >              /FILE={'FILE_NAME',FILE_HANDLE}
>      >              /DROP=VAR_LIST
>      >              /KEEP=VAR_LIST
>      >              /RENAME=(SRC_NAMES=TARGET_NAMES)...
>      >              /ENCODING='ENCODING'.
>      >
>      > Like the text says, all subcommands except /FILE are optional,  So
> if you
>      > have a file called "foo.sav", then you would write:
>      >
>      > get /file='foo.sav'.
>      >
>      > Alternatively, if you are trying to open a different kind of file,
> then you
>      > should be reading section 9.4 GET DATA.
>      >
>      > I hope this helps.
>      >
>      > J'
>      >
>      >
>      > On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 08:33:14AM +0200, Domingo J Rubira L??pez
> wrote:
>      >      Sorry for my question. I am starting using PSPP and I have
> some easy
>      >      troubles. I tried to find the answer but I couldn't.
>      >
>      >      I would like to add files, I see the next sintaxis but I don't
>      > understand
>      >      what I must write for my files.
>      >
>      >      /FILE={*,???file name???}
>      >      [/RENAME=(src names=target names). . .]
>      >      [/IN=var name]
>      >      [/SORT]
>      >
>      >      I write this sintaxis when I have one or the files opened. In
> file
>      > name I
>      >      write the name of the other file. What must I write instead
> of  src
>      > names
>      >      or  target names or  var name ?
>      >
>      >      I am sure you are thinking I am very lost it is not too hard.
> I think
>      > too.
>      >      Could anybody help me?? Thank you a lot.
>      >
>      >      Domingo.
>      >
>