Date:         Tue, 9 Sep 2003 07:41:40 -0400
Reply-To:     Raynald Levesque <rlevesque@videotron.ca>
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From:         Raynald Levesque <rlevesque@videotron.ca>
Subject:      Re: Aggregate macro
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Hi Grant

try the following:

DEFINE !myvar() tpe1 tpe2 tpe3 tpe4 !ENDDEFINE.
DEFINE !mybrk() INTRO !ENDDEFINE.

AGGREGATE
 /OUTFILE='c:\temp\aggr.sav'
 /BREAK=!mybrk /
 !myvar  = Mean(!myvar).

The trick is that a macro call cannot be at the end of a line which is a
continuation line.

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
Grant Robertson
Sent: September 9, 2003 3:11 AM
To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Aggregate macro


Hi,

I'm struggling to figure out why this works:

AGGREGATE
/OUTFILE='c:\temp\aggr.sav'
/BREAK=INTRO
/tpe1 tpe2 tpe3  = Mean(tpe1 tpe2 tpe3).

BUT this doesn't:

DEFINE !myvar() tpe1 tpe2 tpe3 tpe4 !ENDDEFINE.
DEFINE !mybrk() INTRO !ENDDEFINE.

AGGREGATE
/OUTFILE='c:\temp\aggr.sav'
/BREAK=!mybrk
/!myvar  = Mean(!myvar).

Any pointers will be appreciated.

Thank you
Grant