Date:         Sun, 18 Jan 1998 11:33:53 -0700
Reply-To:     Albert Beaulne <a.beaulne@V-WAVE.COM>
Sender:       "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <SPSSX-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
Comments:     To: hmaletta@overnet.com.ar
From:         Albert Beaulne <a.beaulne@V-WAVE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Hiding variables
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You can not hide the variables in the data editor but you can hide them for
all drop down menues
 
Go to utilities
define set
 
define what variables you want to show and then name the set
 
then go to utilities
use set
 
add the set you want or remove a set
 
 
this is completely reversible so do not be afraid of destroying data
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Hector E. Maletta <hmaletta@overnet.com.ar>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.spssx-l
To: SPSSX-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU <SPSSX-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
Date: January 18, 1998 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: Hiding variables
 
 
>There is no way to literally hide variables in a data file in your disk.
>However, for any SPSS session you can choose the variables you want in
>your working file. Look at the GET FILE command in the Base System
>syntax. Of course, other variables are not just hidden: they aren't
>included in your working file in that session. Old cautionary advice: if
>you do load a working file with only part of your datafile variables,
>please don't save the working file with the same filename: you'd lose
>all the other variables!
>
>
>Hector Maletta
>Universidad del Salvador
>Buenos Aires, Argentina
>
>Jason Thompson wrote:
>>
>> Is there a way to hide variables in a datafile, similar to hiding columns
in
>> Excel?
>>
>> Jason A. Thompson
>> Northwestern University Medical School
>> Evanston, IL  USA
>> j-thompson10@nwu.edu