writing ascii files

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1 total messages Started by Andrew Fenyo Tue, 27 Jul 1993 11:51

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Author: Andrew Fenyo
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1993 11:51

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Felicia Ferko writes:

>I have an SPSS-s system file, and I want to convert it to a
>comma-delimited ascii file (free format), with missing values replaced
>by "-9."
>
>Can someone please help identify commands that will easily accomplish
>this task?

The following should work:

1. Use recode to change missing values to -9.

2. Use WRITE OUTFILE=filename / varname ',' varname ',' varname ',' ...

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