Date:         Wed, 3 Sep 2003 09:21:57 -0400
Reply-To:     Art@DrKendall.org
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From:         "Arthur J. Kendall" <Art@DrKendall.org>
Organization: Social Research Consultants
Subject:      Re: EDIT command
Comments: To: Raynald Levesque <rlevesque@videotron.ca>
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See if this works on your version.
get file . . .
N of cases 3.

Art
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Raynald Levesque wrote:
> Hi
>
> I assume you do not want to run the syntax because you are dealing with
> large data files. Why not run the syntax on a small sample of the data?
>
> Regards
>
> Raynald Levesque rlevesque@videotron.ca
> Visit my SPSS site: http://pages.infinit.net/rlevesqu/
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf Of
> Tony Baglioni
> Sent: September 2, 2003 10:43 AM
> To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: EDIT command
>
>
> Older versions of SPSS had an EDIT command that could be inserted into a
> syntax file.  This command would allow SPSS to check all the syntax for
> errors without actually doing the analyses.  I see in the Syntax Reference
> Guide that this command is still present but "not available on all operating
> systems."  I'm using V11.5 and the command is not functional.  Is there some
> other way of checking syntax without running the proc?
>
> Thanks.
> Tony
>