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anitha.un wrote > > Hi All, > > I have a requirement where i need to create variables with the pattern > like Var1Sub1, Var1Sub2,Var1Sub4 , Var1Sub8, Var2Sub1, Var2Sub2, Var2Sub4 > , Var2Sub8, Var3Sub1,Var3Sub2, Var3Sub4,Var3Sub8, Var3Sub9. > > Below is the code i wrote : > > DEFINE !myvar (nb_loop= !TOKENS(5)). > !DO !cnt=1 !TO !nb_loop > !COMPUTE !CONCAT(variable,!cnt)=!cnt. > COMPUTE !CONCAT(sub,1)=!sub1. > COMPUTE !CONCAT(!cnt,!sub1)=!var1. > COMPUTE !CONCAT(sub,2)=!sub2. > COMPUTE !CONCAT(!cnt,!sub2)=!var2. > COMPUTE !CONCAT(sub,4)=!sub4. > COMPUTE !CONCAT(!cnt,!sub4)=!var4. > COMPUTE !CONCAT(sub,8)=!sub8. > COMPUTE !CONCAT(!cnt,!sub8)=!var8. > COMPUTE !CONCAT(sub,9)=!sub9. > COMPUTE !CONCAT(!cnt,!sub9)=!var9. > !DOEND > EXECUTE. > !ENDDEFINE. > > SET MPRINT ON. > !myvar nb_loop=var1 var2 var4 var8 var9. > > I am getting an error : The first word in the line is not recognized as an > SPSS Statistics command. > Also i tried removing " . " in the define part, but it did not work. >

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