Date:         Fri, 19 Dec 1997 09:42:01 -0500
Reply-To:     chris chiu <chiuwing@PILOT.MSU.EDU>
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From:         chris chiu <chiuwing@PILOT.MSU.EDU>
Subject:      Read in a large number of data files
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Hi,
 
        Does anyone know of an efficient way to read in a large number of text
delimited data files to SPSS? I have many small data files, each of which
has 10 variables and 100 cases. These small data files have the same
variables but different cases. I have tried using a macro but it seemed
that macros do not work with the command "Data List", which is something I
used to read in the text delimited data. The following is a simplified
example of what I have for a small data set. (How would one read in 500 of
these data files?)
 
*Data set #1
 
id      score1          score2
1       99              88
.       .               .
.       .               .
.       .               .
100     87              92
 
By the way, the files are named in a systematical way, like f_1_1.dat to
f_5_100.dat. The first number indicates a batch id and the second number
the file id.
 
Any suggestion is appreciated. Thanks. Please reply directly to my email
address chiuwing@pilot.msu.edu
 
Sincerely,
Chris Chiu
 
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