Date:         Thu, 1 Sep 2005 10:46:57 +0200
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From:         Luca Meyer <lucameyer@tiscali.it>
Organization: Luca Meyer
Subject:      R: Passing a macro variable to a script
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It works, thank you Raynald!
Luca

> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: Raynald Levesque [mailto:rlevesque@videotron.ca]
> Inviato: giovedì 1 settembre 2005 3.22
> A: lucameyer@tiscali.it; SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Oggetto: RE: Passing a macro variable to a script
>
>
> Hi Luca
>
> Try this (untested) code:
>
> DEFINE !Macro1 (Parameter1=!TOKENS(1)).
> GET FILE "C:\TEMP\TEMP.SAV".
> SCRIPT "C:\TEMP\TEMP.SBS" (!QUOTE(!Parameter1)).
> !ENDDEFINE
>
> HTH
>
> Raynald Levesque Raynald@spsstools.net
> Visit my SPSS site: http://www.spsstools.net
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On
> Behalf Of Luca Meyer
> Sent: August 31, 2005 10:46 AM
> To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Passing a macro variable to a script
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Here I am trying to run something like:
>
> DEFINE !Macro1 (Parameter1=!TOKENS(1)).
> GET FILE "C:\TEMP\TEMP.SAV".
> SCRIPT "C:\TEMP\TEMP.SBS" ("!Parameter1").
> !ENDDEFINE
>
> !Macro1 Parameter1=Q300.
>
> That is, by using the temp.sbs script I am trying to rename
> some variables by adding one prefix (in the specific case
> Q300 but it could vary) to the name of the variable.
>
> The script produces the correct rename syntax (thanks Neila
> for your suggestions!), but instead of the "Q300" value it
> takes "!Parameter1", that is the parameter value is not sent
> to the script...any suggestion on how I can correct the macro?
>
> Thanks,
> Luca
>
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