Date:         Tue, 26 Mar 1996 12:43:08 EDT
Reply-To:     pss@VMS.CIS.PITT.EDU
Sender:       "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <SPSSX-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         pss@VMS.CIS.PITT.EDU
Organization: University of Pittsburgh
Subject:      Re: Creating duplicate set of variables

jpjohn@ix.netcom.com (James P. (Pat) Johnson) writes:
> I am writing a syntax file to score a questionnaire which has 240
> items (Q1 to Q240).  The items are scored 1 for true and 2 for false.
> I want to preserve these items and create a duplicate set of
> additional variables, say QQ1 to QQ240 with identical values as the
> first set.
 
The way to do it would be:
 
DO REPEAT R = QQ1 TO QQ240 /X = Q1 TO Q240.
COMPUTE R = X.
END REPEAT.
 
                                        Phil Sidel
 
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