I used SPSS some time back, and one of the features I liked was the ability to create an output file (either a system file or as a text file). I would like to establish whether PSPP will suit my needs. I would like to read input data from a text file. The max line length would be 446 characters. I would then carry out some data manipulations: computes, creation of new fields, possibly with what SPSS used to call MATCH FILES within PSPP, and finally export the data as a text file. The text file may not have the same number of variables it started with (as they are often not all required) and the export procedure in PSPP would need to have the ability to write the variables to the output file in a different sequence from the input file, also on line lengths up to 446 characters.
SPSS had a couple of good reporting procedures called TABLES and another called REPORTS. Is anything similar to them available in PSPP? But that is not my primary need. Thank you, R CIT is the ACT Large Training Provider of the Year. Subscribe to CIT Industry Connection - CIT's free, bi monthly publication: http://cit.edu.au/industry_business/industry_connection/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This email, and any attachments, may be confidential and also privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender and delete all copies of this transmission along with any attachments immediately. You should not copy or use it for any purpose, nor disclose its contents to any other person. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Pspp-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pspp-users
