thanks, I just had to do a few and I was able to just use the simple way.
I am really grateful for all your help. Julia John Darrington-3 wrote: > > > The DELETE VARIABLES command is just one way you can do it - it's a very > useful > way if you have a lot of variables to delete. > > If you are using the terminal interface, then you just type the command > into > the terminal. For example, if I wanted to delete three variables named > "x", > "y" and "z", then I would simply type: > > DELETE VARIABLES x y. > > If you are using the gui, then you can do the same thing in a syntax > window > (open one by clicking on File->New->Syntax). Alternatively, you can > delete > variables interactively, by selecting them and clicking on Edit->Clear, > but > this is tedious, especially if lots of variables are involved. > > J' > > > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 12:42:13PM -0700, jlablackbird wrote: > > I read the little clip in the help screen. > 8.2 DELETE VARIABLES > ==================== > > DELETE VARIABLES var_list. > > DELETE VARIABLES deletes the specified variables from the > dictionary. It may not be used to delete all variables from the > dictionary; use NEW FILE to do that (*Note NEW FILE::). > > DELETE VARIABLES should not used after defining transformations > and > before executing a procedure. If it is used in such a context, it > causes the data to be read. If it is used while TEMPORARY is in > effect, it causes the temporary transformations to become permanent. > > _____________________________________ > > It does not really help me. How do I enter the command and where > does it > go? Do I write in the name of the variable I want to delete? I > ended up > with some extra variables that I did not want to have. I'd like to > clean up > the files. > > I'm afraid if I put in the command wrong, I may delete all my > variables? I > am new to PSPP. Can someone please walk me though the process. I'm > not > super "techie." > > Thanks, > Julia > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/How-do-you-delete-variables--tp24041544p24041544.html > Sent from the Gnu - PSPP - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pspp-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pspp-users > > -- > PGP Public key ID: 1024D/2DE827B3 > fingerprint = 8797 A26D 0854 2EAB 0285 A290 8A67 719C 2DE8 27B3 > See http://pgp.mit.edu or any PGP keyserver for public key. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pspp-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pspp-users > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/How-do-you-delete-variables--tp24041544p24114664.html Sent from the Gnu - PSPP - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Pspp-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pspp-users
