Date:         Wed, 2 Feb 2005 15:00:34 -0700
Reply-To:     Mario Rivera <mario.rivera@state.co.us>
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From:         Mario Rivera <mario.rivera@state.co.us>
Subject:      Combining select values from two variables
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Greetings from Denver.   I have been trying to figure out how to make
some SAS code do the same thing in SPSS and can't figure out the syntax.
 The SAS code is...

if 1 <= howlong <= 2 then pasttwo = 1; else
if 3 <= howlong <= 5 or hadmam = 2 then pasttwo = 2; else
pasttwo = .;

I want to create a new variable called PASTTWO using values from
HOWLONG and HADMAM.  The RECODE command will only work for one variable
at a time so HOWLONG and HADMAM cannot be "combined" into the PASTTWO.
If anybody has any tips, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks.

Mario Rivera