Date:         Tue, 1 Mar 2005 18:19:44 +0100
Reply-To:     Russell Deighton <russell.deighton@MEDIZIN.UNI-ULM.DE>
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From:         Russell Deighton <russell.deighton@MEDIZIN.UNI-ULM.DE>
Subject:      SUBSCRIBE SPSSX-L Russell Deighton
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SUBSCRIBE SPSSX-L Russell Deighton

Dear Listservx-l,

I was told that it was pssible to ask questions about SPSS syntax here,
is that right?

Anyway, here's my question. It's about restructuring data:

*I'm trying to restructure data from this form (in groups of 3 variables):

v1  v2    v3     v4  v5  v6  ... v230
88  0    1      54  1   3

to this form:

v1  v2    v3     v4  v5  v6   ... order88  time88  place88   ... order54
time54  place54
88  0    1      54  1   3    ...  1        0       1         ...
2       1      3

(the "order" variable should describe where the group of three variables
is situated in the variable list)

*I tried to first define variable list "order", but it didn't let me
because I hadn't defined a working file.

DO REPEAT order=order1 TO order100.
compute order = 0.
END REPEAT.
EXECUTE.

*and then I could do the following .

VECTOR v=v1 TO v300.
VECTOR order=order1 TO order100.
LOOP #cnt= 1 TO 300 BY 3.
     compute order(v(#cnt/3)) = (#cnt/3).
     compute time(#cnt/3)  = v(#cnt +1).
     compute place(#cnt/3) = v(#cnt +2).
END LOOP.
execute.


* but got the following error message:

 >Warning # 525
 >An attempt was made to store a value into an element of a vector the
 >subscript of which was missing or otherwise invalid.  The subscript
must be
 >a positive integer and must not be greater than the length of the vector.
 >No store can occur.


Can anyone help me with this?

Thanks,

Rusell Deighton