Date:         Sun, 18 Jan 1998 13:28:34 -0300
Reply-To:     hmaletta@overnet.com.ar
Sender:       "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <SPSSX-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
Comments:     To: j-thompson10@2nwu.edu.overnet.com.ar
From:         "Hector E. Maletta" <hmaletta@OVERNET.COM.AR>
Subject:      Re: Hiding variables
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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