Sounds like a bug. If you do:
temporary.
select if(X>1).
freq / x.
freq / X.
My understanding is that the first FREQ should only show X > 1 and the
second should show all cases. In fact, the manual entry uses almost this
exact syntax:
https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/manual/html_node/TEMPORARY.html
There's also FILTER, which is (IMO) a more modern way to do this. FILTER
is not temporary (in that sense), but can be disabled with "FILTER OFF."
and depending on what you are selecting, you might prefer "SPLIT FILE":
https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/manual/html_node/FILTER.html
https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/manual/html_node/SPLIT-FILE.html
https://www.garyfisk.com/pspp/30splitFile.html
-Alan
On 5/24/2022 2:52 PM, jhwh...@techwriteinc.com wrote:
Thank you for the response. I agree with you. I ran a command after
the “TEMPORARY” command – but the entire data set is still missing
most of the data due to my “SELECT IF” COMMAND. The workaround is I
am creating separate files for each select if command I use. Bulky
for now. . .
Take care,
John
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If I understand your question you get the data automatically "back" as
the filter command only works for the next command or procedure.
If you run
temp.
sel if (vars >=1)
freq varx to vary.
SAVE /OUTFILE={’file_name’,file_handle}
you save the complete data set without the effect of the filter.
HTH
ftr
On 24/05/2022 21:03, jhwh...@techwriteinc.com wrote:
I am using the PSPP syntax commands:
TEMPORARY
SELECT IF (VAR1 >=1)
Here is the question, I have several PSPP books. The “TEMPORARY”
filter gets me the data I desired, but how do I get the data file
back to the complete data set before I ran the PSPP syntax? I
could not find the resolution in my PSPP books.
Take care,
John
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