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Date:         Wed, 12 Jul 2006 10:06:53 -0400
Reply-To:     "[Ela Bonbevan]" <bonbevan@AOL.COM>
Sender:       "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "[Ela Bonbevan]" <bonbevan@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Syntax for Finding errors

Hello all,


I have been trying to write a little bit of syntax to identify errors in
my database.  I know I am close but I can't seem to get the right syntax
for identify blank cells.  In this case the error is defined as a case
with a value in the variable "region" but no value in the
variable "country".  Region is coded 1-10 - and so is country.  I wrote
the syntax below to identify all of these error cases as a value of 1 on a
new variable "error".

This is what I have so far....

Compute error = $sysmis.
If (region > 0) and (country = sysmis) error = 1.

...but it won't work!

Many thanks