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Date:         Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:28:55 -0400
Reply-To:     Gene Maguin <emaguin@buffalo.edu>
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From:         Gene Maguin <emaguin@buffalo.edu>
Subject:      Re: Identifying cases that almost match
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Tom,

To the syntax you posted, add

compute duplicatename=0. /*  add this line.

SORT CASES BY LNAME$ (A) FNAME$ (A).
String ShortWholeName (a30).
Compute ShortWholeName = Concat (RTRIM(Lname), ", ", SUBSTR(Fname,1,3)).
Compute DuplicateName=0.
If ShortWholeName=Lag(ShortWholeName) DuplicateName=1.

SORT CASES BY LNAME$ (A) FNAME$ (A) duplicatename (d).  /* add.
If ShortWholeName=Lag(ShortWholeName) and