Date:         Fri, 30 Jun 2006 11:35:11 -0400
Reply-To:     Edward Boadi <eboadi@abhct.com>
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From:         Edward Boadi <eboadi@abhct.com>
Subject:      Re: Create new variable with values that are 1 less than values
              of             existing variable
Comments: To: james.moffitt@thomson.com
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This Works :

DATA LIST list / q66(f2.0) q67(f2.0) q68(f2.0).
BEGIN DATA
66 67 68
END DATA.

compute q66Fixed = q66-1.
compute q67Fixed = q67-1.
compute q68Fixed = q68-1.
execute.
LIST.

**Out Put********** .
66 q67 q68 q66Fixed q67Fixed q68Fixed

 66  67  68    65.00    66.00    67.00

Number of cases read:  1    Number of cases listed:  1

Edward.

-----Original Message-----
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf Of
Jim Moffitt
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 11:25 AM
To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Create new variable with values that are 1 less than values of
existing variable


I've run the following syntax only to get the same values in my "fixed"
variables as in the original variables?
compute q66Fixed = q66-1.

compute q67Fixed = q67-1.

compute q68Fixed = q68-1.

execute.

What am I doing wrong?
Thanks for your help.