Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 18:03:09 -0500
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From: Raynald Levesque <rlevesque@videotron.ca>
Subject: Re: any possible combination of cases position in a datafile
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Hi
The syntax for which I gave the URL this morning is taking care of that.
Regards
Raynald Levesque rlevesque@videotron.ca
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-----Original Message-----
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf Of
Arnaldo Ferrari Nasi
Sent: March 11, 2002 11:54 AM
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Subject: any possible combination of cases position in a datafile
Yes, it works!
Thanks a lot, Art.
I ask you if there is a rapid way to eliminate cases with two or more
variables with the same value.
Ie
I do not want these cases
1 3 3 1 3
1 3 2 5 1
I want only this kind
3 2 1 4 5
Bye.
Arnaldo
>* generate 5**5=3125 cases representing every possible ordering of 5
values.
>new file.
>input program.
>loop i =1 to 5.
>loop j = 1 to 5.
>loop k = 1 to 5.
>loop l = 1 to 5.
>loop m = 1 to 5.
>leave i j k l m.
>end case.
>end loop.
>end loop.
>end loop.
>end loop.
>end loop.
>end file.
>end input program.
>execute.
>
> > Dear Spssers,
> I have a data file with 5 cases, sorted in ascending order.
> >
> > casenum
> > 1
> > 2
> > 3
> > 4
> > 5
> >
> > I would have a number of others datafiles (or variables) with any
possible
> > combination of the position of these cases.
> >
> > ie
> >
> > casenum1 casenum2 casenum3 casenum4 ...
> > 2 3 2 1
> > 3 4 1 3
> > 4 5 3 2
> > 5 1 4 4
> > 1 2 5 5
