Date:         Thu, 1 May 2008 16:51:50 +0200
Reply-To:     Christoph <daelch@gmx.net>
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From:         Christoph <daelch@gmx.net>
Subject:      Help with VARIABLE LABEL in macro
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Hello list,

as this is my first post on this mail-server allow me to introduce
myself: my name is Christoph and I have a problem with SPSS syntax/macro :)

I started programming syntax/macro yesterday. I bought the book "data
management with spss" from Schendera, but it doesn't help at a certain
point in my code.

I want to write a macro, that generates several variables. I managed
that the code generate the variables:
k1i1, k1i2 ... k1i5 (item battery 1)
k2i1, k2i2 ... k2i5 (item battery 2)
.
.
.
k6i1, k6i2 ... k6i5 (item battery 6)
Adding value labels by code worked fine.

And here ist the problem: I want to add a VARIABLE LABEL that ist
similiar to each k*i1, k*i2 etc.
I tried that code:

DEFINE !var1 (itemcnt = !TOKENS(1)/ concept = !TOKENS(1)/ item1 =
!TOKENS(1)/ item2 = !TOKENS(1)/ item3 = !TOKENS(1)/ item4 = !TOKENS(1)/
item5 = !TOKENS(1)).
!DO !k = 1 !TO !concept.
!DO !i = 1 !TO !itemcnt.
COMPUTE !CONCAT (k, !k, i, !i) = 1.
VARIABLE LABEL !CONCAT (k, !k, i, !i) !CONCAT (!item, !i).
!DOEND.
!DOEND.
!ENDDEFINE.

!var1
itemcnt = 5
concept = 6
item1 = "Satisfaction"
item2 = "Fit"
item3 = "..."
item4 = "..."
item5 = "..."
exe.

I tried several combinations (also tried without !CONCAT, used brackets
etc.) and i almost get out STRING variable labels, but i never calls up
a TOKEN. What can I do?

Thank you in advance.
Christoph

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