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 <dr.paul.ve...@gmail.com> 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 <b...@cs.stanford.edu> 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". >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pspp-users mailing list >> pspp-us...@gnu.org >> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pspp-users > > > > > -- > Dr. Paul Vella, BBus (Hons), PhD > Consultant/ Senior Analyst - Lewers Research > Email: dr.paul.ve...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ pspp-dev mailing list pspp-dev@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pspp-dev
