Yes, but you have to enclose the string values in primes, eg:

COUNT SVAR=V1 V2 ('male ') V3 V4 V5 ('female').

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From: Zhenzhen Wang [mailto:wzzjasmine@gmail.com] Sent: 22 February 2012 10:20 To: John F Hall Subject: Re: Counting

Dear Hall,

Can the syntax deal with string variables?

Zhenzhen

2012/2/22 John F Hall <johnfhall@orange.fr>

Tom

Marcia used the GUI: I always use syntax, so substitute your own varname(s) and value in:

count <newvar> = <varlist> (<value>) .

There are some examples on http://surveyresearch.weebly.com/-35-derived-variables-count-and-compute.htm l on my website.

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From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Balmer, Thomas Sent: 22 February 2012 09:27 To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: Counting

Hi

I'd like to count, how many times a certain value appears in a range of variables and write this number (the amount of the appearance of the value) in a new variable.

I couldn't find any function in the menu - perhaps it can be done by the syntax?

Thanks for hints !

Tom

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