Date:         Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:43:35 +0000
Reply-To:     Ruben van den Berg <ruben_van_den_berg@hotmail.com>
Sender:       "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Ruben van den Berg <ruben_van_den_berg@hotmail.com>
Subject:      Re: Difference between Python program block and equivalent
              command in              IDLE
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Hi Albert-Jan (and others),

 

Thank you but I think this is even more complicated. If I run

 

begin program.
import spss,spssdata
end program.

 

begin program.
help(cursor)
end program.

 

I get an error. However, by running (some Python 'borrowed' from Jon Peck)

 

dataset close all.
cd'C:\Program Files\SPSSInc\PASWStatistics18\Samples\English'.
get file'1991 U.S. General Social Survey.sav'.
dataset name gss.

 

begin program.
import spss,spssdata
rowvar="life"
colvar="happy"
cursor=spssdata.Spssdata(colvar,omitmissing=True)
allvalues=set([case[0] for case in cursor])
print allvalues
end program.

 

begin program.
help(cursor)
end program.

 

I get help on an spssdata object. I guess it's the program block that 'activates' or invokes the help function.

 

Best,

Ruben van den Berg 
Consultant Models & Methods 
TNS NIPO 
Email: ruben.van.den.berg@tns-nipo.com 
Mobiel: +31 6 24641435 
Telefoon: +31 20 522 5738 
Internet: www.tns-nipo.com



 


Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:57:41 -0700
From: fomcl@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Difference between Python program block and equivalent command in IDLE
To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU





Hi,

It seems that SPSS already imports some modules "under the hood". I bet Jon can tell you more about that.

if you type
import spss
help(spss.cursor) 
It might work (can't test it here)

If the above works, 
spss.cursor.__doc__
will also show the docstring.
Cheers!!
Albert-Jan

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--- On Thu, 7/15/10, Ruben van den Berg <ruben_van_den_berg@hotmail.com> wrote:


From: Ruben van den Berg <ruben_van_den_berg@hotmail.com>
Subject: [SPSSX-L] Difference between Python program block and equivalent command in IDLE
To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Date: Thursday, July 15, 2010, 10:18 AM




Dear all,
 
Does anyone understand the following? If I run
 
begin program.
help(cursor)
end program.
 
in SPSS syntax, I get normal results. However, if I run
 
>>> help(cursor)
 
in IDLE, I only get the following error:
 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#2>", line 1, in <module>
    help(cursor)
NameError: name 'cursor' is not defined

I hope this is not a dumb question, but shouldn't these render the same result?
 
TIA!

Ruben van den Berg 
Consultant Models & Methods 
TNS NIPO 
Email: ruben.van.den.berg@tns-nipo.com 
Mobiel: +31 6 24641435 
Telefoon: +31 20 522 5738 
Internet: www.tns-nipo.com






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