HI John Thanks, this works and is great!
But, I'm finding each file has some allowed differences, e.g. dates, times, durations, so every file will be found in this list. Since there are probably 20% of the values that are different between files, it would be much easier just to list the values when they are different. Can I highlight every individual difference? Non-different values could be empty or even spaces to make the important differences easier to spot in the output. What do you think? Much appreciated! thanks mich On 20/07/2010, at 1:31 AM, John Darrington wrote: > One way to do this is as follows: > > MATCH FILES > /FILE='f1.sav' /IN=file1 /SORT > /FILE='f2.sav' /IN=file2 /SORT > /BY ALL > . > > SELECT IF file2=0 OR file1=0. > > > LIST. > > This will show a list of all the cases which don't match. And you get two > extra > variables file1 and file2 showing where those cases came from. > > J' > > > On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 02:09:42PM +1000, Michelle Parker wrote: > Hi Michel > > Thanks for getting back to me. > > The files have 730 variables, types and lengths are identical. > There are 13 cases in each file. > > Some of the cases may have different values (eg date/times) but in > general they should be the same between files. Specifically I need to know if > there are any differences. > > thanks! > mich > > > > > > On 19/07/2010, at 12:48 PM, Michel Boaventura wrote: > >> Hello Michelle, >> >> Would you like to compare the variables or the cases on the files? If the >> variables, >> it matters if they have the same name but diverge on type, length, etc? >> >> Regards, >> >> Michel >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pspp-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pspp-users > > --------------------------------------- > Michelle Parker > Web Objectives Pty Ltd > 33 Ridge St > Gordon, NSW, 2072 > Australia > Phone: (02) 9499 3166 > Fax: (02) 9499 3166 > Mobile : 0412 064 123 > [email protected] > --------------------------------------- > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > --------------------------------------- Michelle Parker Web Objectives Pty Ltd 33 Ridge St Gordon, NSW, 2072 Australia Phone: (02) 9499 3166 Fax: (02) 9499 3166 Mobile : 0412 064 123 [email protected] ---------------------------------------
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