| Date: | Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:31:31 -0500 |
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| Reply-To: | "Oliver, Richard" <roliver@spss.com> |
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| Sender: | "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> |
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| From: | "Oliver, Richard" <roliver@spss.com> |
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| Subject: | Re: Converting long strings |
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| In-Reply-To: | A<da1bdb9a0806270910l64ff0488p97198b9b2fc0ef6d@mail.gmail.com> |
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I believe this a function of operating system limitations.
-----Original Message-----
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of J Sutar
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 11:10 AM
To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Converting long strings
Why does the following syntax only pick up the first 16 character of the
string variable when attempting to convert it to a numeric?
NEW FILE.
DATA LIST LIST/ v1(A25).
BEGIN DATA.
1
12
123
1234
12345
123456
1234567
12345678
123456789
1234567890
12345678901
123456789012
1234567890123
12345678901234
123456789012345
1234567890123456
12345678901234567
123456789012345678
1234567890123456789
12345678901234567890
123456789012345678921
1234567890123456789212
END DATA.
STRING newvar(A99).
COMPUTE newvar=LTRIM(RTRIM(v1)).
COMPUTE newvar2 =NUMBER (newvar, F36.0).
EXE.
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