Date:         Thu, 17 Jun 1999 09:14:05 -0700
Reply-To:     glaser@pacific-science.com
Sender:       "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <SPSSX-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Dale Glaser <glaser@PACIFIC-SCIENCE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Numbering rows
Comments: To: PEDERSEN BARRY <BPEDERSE@SMTP.ISBE.STATE.IL.US>
In-Reply-To:  <5AD21593ECDDD111986D0000F81EDAEB0202BA3E@smtp.isbe.state.il.us>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

The following will do the trick:
 
Compute id=$casenum.
Execute.
 
This system variable will create a permanent case sequence number (see p.31
in  SPSS Base 7.5 syntax reference guide)
 
 
Dale Glaser
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From:   SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:SPSSX-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
PEDERSEN BARRY
Sent:   Thursday, June 17, 1999 8:48 AM
To:     SPSSX-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU
Subject:        Numbering rows
 
Thanks to everyone who made suggestions regarding methods for deleting large
numbers of rows.  There are several good ways.
 
I have one more request for today.
 
Now, I'd like to create a variable with case numbers.  In the past, I've
created a blank variable and pasted in a number series created from a
spreadsheet.  Surely, there's a better way.  Each case has only one row.  No
two cases share a row.  I just need SPSS to insert a number series from the
top of the file to the bottom, with an increment of 1.