Re: modify vars

[Frans Houweling]

Good workaround. For anyone interested:

- as Ben points out, no need for SAVE and GET. Use ADD FILES or MATCH 
FILES instead: ADD FILES FILE=* /KEEP={unconcerned variables} reordered 
variables {unconcerned variables} .

 - the first {unconcerned variables} can have the form {first variable 
in the file} TO {last unconcerned variable}

- for the second {unconcerned variables} you can use ALL.

frans

On 8/24/24 14:13, ft gmail wrote:
> Thank you for the clarification. This is a pity as the command was 
> simple and helpful.
>
> My workaroung was:
>
> GET FILE="C:\Users\data\xx.sav".
> SAVE OUTFILE="C:\Users\data\xxreordered.sav"
>   /KEEP
> {unconcerned variables}
> reordered variables
> {unconcerned variables} .
> GET FILE="C:\Users\data\xxreordered.sav".
>
> Le 19/08/2024 à 02:00, Ben Pfaff a écrit :
> > MODIFY VARS was removed in version 2.0.0 because it is not part of
> > SPSS. The manual you are looking at must be for an older version of
> > PSPP.
> >
> > You can use ADD FILES to reorder variables:
> > https://www.spss-tutorials.com/spss-reorder-variables-with-syntax/. (I
> > haven't tried this, but it should work. If it doesn't, please let me
> > know.)
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 18, 2024 at 2:26 PM ft gmail <public.ftr@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I want to reorder variables to reuse the syntaxt for another data set
> > > for a new one.
> > >
> > > I get the following error message:
> > >
> > > C:\Users\....sps:1.4-1.9: error: Unknown command `MODIFY'.
> > >       1 |    MODIFY VARS
> > >         |    ^~~~~~
> > > Modify Vars is listed in the Online PSPP Manual.
> > > http://gnu.ist.utl.pt/software/pspp/manual/html_node/MODIFY-VARS.html
> > >
> > > So, I don't understand why PSPP declares it unknown.
> > >
> > > Any help appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
> > >
> > > ftr