Hello fellow SPSS users,
I am looking for a way to select multiple sequential variables in an easier way than typing them all in. For example, I created variables a, b, c, and d with strings 'C###'. What I want to do is to select and search the variable as follow:
* Example a.
IF (a TO d) = 'C1## TO C2## var = 1'.
The previous line does not work of course, but now if you want to code this you'd have to do it like:
* Example b.
IF (a = 'C101' OR a = 'C102' OR ... OR a = 'C200' OR
b = 'C101' OR ... OR b = 'C200' OR
... OR d = 'C200') var = 1.
For convenience I put in '...' as the code would otherwise be extremely long. I am looking for a way to code Example b as Example a.
I don't mind converting the string 'C###' to a numeric without the C, but I don't know how to do this either.
Thank you for taking the time to help me solve this problem in advance!
Regards,
S. Nahar
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S. Nahar
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