Date:         Mon, 12 Aug 2002 10:10:39 +0200
Reply-To:     Asesoría Bioestadística
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From:         Asesoría Bioestadística
              <bioestadistica@eresmas.net>
Subject:      Re: filter
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> I only want the frequency run for a204bus=3; and I don't wanna use GUI ;)
> a204bus takes values from 0 to 8 - do I have to transform data for each
> frequency I want to run per employment status??
>
>
> FILTER BY a204bus =3 .
> EXECUTE.
> FREQUENCIES
> VARIABLES=a101age
>  /STATISTICS=MODE
>  /BARCHART  FREQ
>  /ORDER=  ANALYSIS .

Hi Sabina:

To my knowledge, "FILTER BY varname" only accepts binary variables. Use the GUI
to generate the syntax that selects the data if "a204bus=3", then paste it into
your code. You will be surprised by its lenght.

Another solution is:

TEMPORARY.
SELECT IF a204bus=3.
FREQUENCIES.............


HTH

Marta