Lynn Nicole Lethbridge wrote: > > Hi there > > I was wondering if anyone out there knows if the "write" command can be > used in SPSS to write all of the variables in a file into columns with a > space between each.

That's precisely what WRITE does, Lynn.

> I've done this before by physically typing the variables with the > appropriate columns after but I was hoping to avoid all the typing. > > I tried the "write file / all" command but it seems to randomly put > spaces in a few places while most of the time there is no space in between. > > Just thought I'd check if there's a faster way to do this other than > typing all the varaibles and the position numbers.

The syntax is

WRITE OUTFILE=filename / ALL.

Hope this helps.

Hector Maletta Dept of Social Science Universidad del Salvador Buenos Aires, Argentina