I am using syntax to merge 3 files, but the merge isn't working. Instead of sorting and saving the three files to the C drive, and then merging them into a 4th file, four files are created in the C drive, all identical expect for the file name. The files are not merged. Each file created is simply a sorted copy of the first .sav file listed in the syntax. Also, I get several errors (all "Error # 5213: ... Text: ...") in the output. The problem may simply be some misplaced punctuation but I'm not sure.

Below is the syntax followed by the errors I'm getting. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Kurt

******* SYNTAX *******

*Select the 3 files to merge, sort them by stuid, rename them, and save them to C drive

GET FILE='K:\TEAM\Data\Data - CDC\SHS (TELEform).sav'. SORT CASES BY stuid. SAVE OUTFILE='C:\SHS.sav' /COMPRESSED

GET FILE='K:\TEAM\Data\Data - CDC\Adhdrs.sav' SORT CASES BY stuid. SAVE OUTFILE='C:\Adhdrs.sav' /COMPRESSED

GET FILE='K:\TEAM\Data\Data - CDC\Vadhdrs.sav' SORT CASES BY stuid. SAVE OUTFILE='C:\Vadhdrs.sav' /COMPRESSED

*Merge the 3 files

GET FILE='C:\SHS.sav'. MATCH FILES /FILE=* /FILE='C:\Adhdrs.sav' /BY stuid. EXECUTE. MATCH FILES /FILE=* /FILE='C:\Vadhdrs.sav' /BY stuid. EXECUTE. SAVE OUTFILE='C:\Merged.sav' /COMPRESSED.

********************* ERROR OUTPUT *********************

>Error # 5213 in column 1. Text: SORT >GET is expecting one of the keywords RENAME, KEEP, DROP, or MAP at this >point, and the symbol is none of those. Either the keyword is misspelled, >or there is a punctuation error. >This command not executed.

>Error # 5213 in column 6. Text: CASES >GET is expecting one of the keywords RENAME, KEEP, DROP, or MAP at this >point, and the symbol is none of those. Either the keyword is misspelled, >or there is a punctuation error.

>Error # 5213 in column 12. Text: BY >GET is expecting one of the keywords RENAME, KEEP, DROP, or MAP at this >point, and the symbol is none of those. Either the keyword is misspelled, >or there is a punctuation error.

>Error # 5213 in column 15. Text: STUID >GET is expecting one of the keywords RENAME, KEEP, DROP, or MAP at this >point, and the symbol is none of those. Either the keyword is misspelled, >or there is a punctuation error.

>Error # 5213 in column 1. Text: SORT >GET is expecting one of the keywords RENAME, KEEP, DROP, or MAP at this >point, and the symbol is none of those. Either the keyword is misspelled, >or there is a punctuation error. >This command not executed.

>Error # 5213 in column 6. Text: CASES >GET is expecting one of the keywords RENAME, KEEP, DROP, or MAP at this >point, and the symbol is none of those. Either the keyword is misspelled, >or there is a punctuation error.

>Error # 5213 in column 12. Text: BY >GET is expecting one of the keywords RENAME, KEEP, DROP, or MAP at this >point, and the symbol is none of those. Either the keyword is misspelled, >or there is a punctuation error.

>Error # 5213 in column 15. Text: STUID >GET is expecting one of the keywords RENAME, KEEP, DROP, or MAP at this >point, and the symbol is none of those. Either the keyword is misspelled, >or there is a punctuation error.