Date:         Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:12:02 -0600
Reply-To:     ViAnn Beadle <vab88011@gmail.com>
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From:         ViAnn Beadle <vab88011@gmail.com>
Subject:      Re: odd problem in SPSS with variable name
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Path is not a reserved word. What do you mean when you say that SPSS refuses
to work with it-what are the symptoms? Select it in the Descriptives dialog
box, paste the syntax and run it. What happens?



From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
johnleeholmes@gmail.com
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 4:05 PM
To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: odd problem in spss with variable name



There's a variable in our dataset called path.  Spss (version 15) refuses to
work with that variable unless I select it in the Variable View and rename
it manually first.  I cannot manage to rename it with syntax.  I did not
think "path" was a system reserved command and SPSS should automatically
rename reserved names.  Perhaps it's a glitch in my copy of spss?

Any ideas?

JL


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