Date:         Sun, 28 Aug 2005 17:54:23 -0400
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From:         Timothy Hennigar <thennig@idirect.com>
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Subject:      Re: Error in constructing a macro for matching.
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Think that you are just missing the second ")"  after '.sav'

Ie.,

/FILE=!QUOTE(!CONCAT('M:\myfolder\aggr',!months,'.sav')

should be

/FILE=!QUOTE(!CONCAT('M:\myfolder\aggr',!months,'.sav'))



-----Original Message-----
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
Knut Gunderrud
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 5:20 PM
To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Error in constructing a macro for matching.

Hello!

I encountered following error message using SPSS 12.0:

>Error # 6838 in column 3.  Text: /
>A macro expression includes an operator which is syntactically correct but
>which has not yet been implemented in the macro language.  This is probably
>an instance of an attempt to use an arithmetic operator such as addition or
>subtraction.
>This command not executed.

This error was produced executing the following syntax:

DEFINE !match (start = !TOKENS(1)
  /stop = !TOKENS(1)).
!DO !months = !start !TO !stop.
MATCH FILES
 /FILE=*
 /FILE=!QUOTE(!CONCAT('M:\myfolder\aggr',!months,'.sav')
 /BY myvariable.
!DOEND.
!ENDDEFINE.

Due to this error the macro was never defined. Is there a way around this
problem? Does it occure in SPSS 13.0 as well?

Best regards,
Knut Gunderrud