1 bug, 1 feature

[Kees Varekamp]

Hi there,

Two suggestions to improve PSPP, one is a bug, one a feature request:

1) Update should not update with a missing value. The docs say this:

> When a variable in a transaction file has a missing value or when a string variable's value is all blanks, that value is never used to update the master file.

But I found that it does overwrite a non-missing value with missing value. Example:

> data list /ID (F1) updatevar (F1).
> begin data.
> 11
> 21
> 31
> 41
> 51
> end data.
> save /outfile='a.sav'.
> data list /ID (F1) updatevar (F1).
> begin data.
> 12
> 22
> 3
> 42
> 5
> end data.
> save /outfile='b.sav'.
> update
>  /file='a.sav' /sort
>  /file='b.sav' /sort
>  /by=id.
> *result should be 2,2,1,2,1, but it is 2,2,mis,2,mis.
> save /outfile='update.sav'.

2) copy/paste from gui, particularly the variable tab. It would make my life tremendously easier.

Cheers,

Kees