Date:         Wed, 23 Feb 2005 07:43:46 -0300
Reply-To:     Hector Maletta <hmaletta@fibertel.com.ar>
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From:         Hector Maletta <hmaletta@fibertel.com.ar>
Subject:      Re: deleting single values
Comments: To: Lorenz Dobler <doblerl@uni-muenster.de>
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One possibility is ordering an impossible operation for those values, such
as:

IF (VAR1=8)VAR1=LOG(-1).

As the logarithm of a negative number does not exist, the result will be
system missing.

Hector

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> On Behalf Of Lorenz Dobler
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> Subject: deleting single values
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> Hello list,
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> I want to delete single values from a numeric variable =>
> convert selected single values to system missing values. How
> can I do that via syntax ??
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> Hope you can help
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> Regards
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> Lenz
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> Dr. Lorenz Dobler
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