Date:         Tue, 4 Mar 2003 19:49:41 -0500
Reply-To:     Raynald Levesque <rlevesque@videotron.ca>
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From:         Raynald Levesque <rlevesque@videotron.ca>
Subject:      Re: SELECTION CASE IN A LOOP
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Hi

The question is not crystal clear but this should get you going:


*////////////.
DEFINE !use (beg=!TOKENS(1) /end=!TOKENS(1) /incr=!TOKENS(1))
!LET !delta=!SUBSTR(!BLANK(!incr),2)

!DO !cnt=!beg !TO !end !BY !incr
!LET !cnt2=!LENGTH(!CONCAT(!BLANK(!cnt),!delta))
USE !cnt THRU !cnt2.
!DOEND
!ENDDEFINE.
*////////////.

SET MPRINT=yes.
!use beg=1 end=50 incr=5.
* gives.
2681 M>  USE 1 THRU 5.
2682 M>  USE 6 THRU 10.
2683 M>  USE 11 THRU 15.
2684 M>  USE 16 THRU 20.
2685 M>  USE 21 THRU 25.
2686 M>  USE 26 THRU 30.
2687 M>  USE 31 THRU 35.
2688 M>  USE 36 THRU 40.
2689 M>  USE 41 THRU 45.
2690 M>  USE 46 THRU 50.

!use beg=7 end=48 incr=6.
* gives.
2707 M>  USE 7 THRU 12.
2708 M>  USE 13 THRU 18.
2709 M>  USE 19 THRU 24.
2710 M>  USE 25 THRU 30.
2711 M>  USE 31 THRU 36.
2712 M>  USE 37 THRU 42.
2713 M>  USE 43 THRU 48.

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
Cesar Ortega
Sent: March 4, 2003 10:07 AM
To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: SELECTION CASE IN A LOOP


EXECUTE .

But instead of a fixed value number 1 and 5, I need them to be 2
variables in a DO loop incrementing in for intance 5.

use 6 thru 10
use 11 thru 15
use 16 thru 20

and so on for 1000 iterations.

Thanks for your kind response,

Cesar




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