Date:         Wed, 1 Apr 1998 05:31:10 -0800
Reply-To:     Bruce Phillips <bphillip@RCF.USC.EDU>
Sender:       "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <SPSSX-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Bruce Phillips <bphillip@RCF.USC.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Reading ASCII Files
Comments: To: "McNeilly, Russ" <rmcneill@SPSS.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <199803311718.JAA07635@almaak.usc.edu>
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It has been a while since I have read an ascii file, but I seem to rmember
that the older version (v.4.1) would read commas. I do recall that I have
used a word processor such as microsoft word to convert delimters. In
MSWORD the symbol for TAB  is ^t, so a search and replace would remove
commas and insert tab marks.
 
--Bruce Phillips
Hebrew Union College
 
On Tue, 31 Mar 1998, McNeilly, Russ wrote:
 
> The Syntax Reference Guide is now on-line in the Help system.
> Hope this helps.
>
> >----------
> >From:  David Lindsay[SMTP:davlinds@mktres.demon.co.uk]
> >Sent:  Monday, March 30, 1998 2:01 PM
> >To:    SPSSX-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU
> >Subject:       Re: Reading ASCII Files
> >
> >On 30 Mar 98, at 11:35 Tverdek, Edward wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Commas can be read as spaces in ASCII files read by SPSS 7.5,
> >> so you can just treat the file as having a freefield format
> >> (take the "Freefield" option under File...Read ASCII Data or
> >> specifying FREE on a DATA LIST command).  See page 223 of the
> >> SPSS 7.5 Syntax Reference Guide for details.
> >
> >Why don't you give out the Systax reference guide anymore? For me its a
> >vital part of SPSS and it ought to be part of the upgrade package/ licence
> >fee.
> >
> >
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