Date:         Wed, 26 May 2004 09:41:09 +0100
Reply-To:     David Hutton <David.Hutton@cem.dur.ac.uk>
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From:         David Hutton <David.Hutton@cem.dur.ac.uk>
Subject:      Re: define vector according to the number of a variable list   [C
              an one define a string with a length given by a variable?]
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Hi, listers.
On a similar question to the one below, is it possible to define a string
variable to a length which has been calculated in the preceding lines?
This is a problem that Luca Meyer brought up recently under the Subject:
Reducing the width of a string variable.

All the best,
David

-----Original Message-----
From: Cady Wan [mailto:xqw1@yahoo.com]
Sent: 26 May 2004 09:39
To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: define vector according to the number of a variable list


Dear list,

I would like to define a vector according to the
number of a variable list.

I wrote the following syntax:
DO IF ($casenum = 1).
COMPUTE count=0.
DO REPEAT x = varlist.
COMPUTE count = count + 1.
END REPEAT.
END IF.
LEAVE count.

vector f(count).

It came the error message:

>Error # 4356 in column 14.  Text: count
>The format specified is not recognized.
>This command not executed.

>Error # 4267 in column 19.  Text: )
>A positive integer or a format was expected within
the parentheses on the
>VECTOR command.

Could someone help me? Thanks in advance!

Cady







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