On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 08:24:15AM +0100, Sohail Husain wrote:
What is the best way to add cases to an existing data file, retaining all
variable/value labels etc?
The additional cases are currently in a csv file.
I think you would have to save the existing file, then add the csv file to it.
For example, assuming you have 3 variables x, y & z then the following should
do the trick:
FILE HANDLE temp /MODE=SCRATCH.
SAVE /OUTFILE=temp .
GET DATA /TYPE=TXT /FILE='foo.csv'
/DELIMITERS=","
/VARIABLES= a f8.2 b f8.2 c f8.2 .
ADD FILES /FILE=temp /FILE=*.
CLOSE FILE HANDLE temp.
Conversely, what is the best way to delete individual cases or a range of
cases?
If you are using PSPPIRE, then you can do this manually. Alternatively, you
could use SELECT IF or FILTER followed by EXECUTE.
Hope this helps.
J'
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