Re: Problem with /Rename with Save Translate

[John Darrington]

Can you send us the code which runs on spss but not on pspp.

Thank you.

On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 07:59:34AM -0700, Elio Spinello wrote:
     I'm aware of the datafile limitation,?? but according to the Save 
Translate section of the manual,?? "The??RENAMEsubcommand can also be used to 
change the names under which variables are saved; because they are used only in 
the output, these names do not have to conform to the usual PSPP variable 
naming rules. "FWIW the same code does run properly under SPSS.ElioSent from my 
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     -------- Original message --------From: John Darrington <address@hidden> 
Date: 8/16/19  1:49 AM  (GMT-08:00) To: Elio Spinello <address@hidden> Cc: 
'John Darrington' <address@hidden>, address@hidden Subject: Re: Problem with 
/Rename with Save Translate Variable names (and other identifiers) cannot 
contain spaces.See chapter 6 of the manual.J'On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 12:42:41PM 
-0700, Elio Spinello wrote:???????? I'm running it under Windows 10. Your 
example runs find but aside from a???????? minor syntax error I found in my 
code, it appears that the problem is with???????? the long column names 
containing spaces. I have tried using single quotes,???????? double quotes, and 
square brackets. Are they not supported????????? ???????? Elio Spinello???????? 
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From: John Darrington <address@hidden> ???????? Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 
2019 9:49 PM???????? To: Elio Spinello <address@hidden>???????? Cc: 'John 
Darrington' <address@hidden>; address@hidden???????? Subject: Re: Problem with 
/Rename with Save Translate???????? ???????? You don't say what version of pspp 
you are using, but so far as I can???????? recall, there haven't been any 
changes in save translate for quite a while.???????? ???????? I tried the 
following syntax and it worked just fine on pspp 1.3.0.?? Perhaps???????? you 
can try it too:???????? ???????? ???????? data list notable list /x y 
*.???????? begin data???????? 1 2???????? 3 4???????? end data.???????? 
???????? save translate /outfile='xx.csv'???????? /type=csv???????? 
/replace???????? /fieldnames???????? /unselected=delete???????? /rename (x y=a 
b)???????? .???????? ???????? ???????? J'???????? ???????? On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 
at 04:12:59PM -0700, Elio Spinello wrote:?????????????????? I have not been 
able to get the /Rename subcommand to work on a "Save???????? Translate" 
command.?? The error that I consistently get is the 
following:?????????????????? ?????????????????? ?????????????????? 
???????????????????? ?????????????????? ?????????????????????? I have tried a 
number of variations to the syntax including:?????????????????? 
???????????????????? ?????????????????? ?????????????????????????? SAVE 
TRANSLATE ?????????????????? ?????????????????? 
/OUTFILE='e:\Databases\Updates\RCRA\hreport_univ_CA5.csv"?????????????????? 
?????????????????????? /TYPE=CSV?????????????????? ?????????????????????? 
/MAP?????????????????? ?????????????????????? /REPLACE?????????????????? 
?????????????????????? /FIELDNAMES?????????????????? ?????????????????????? 
/Unselected=DELETE?????????????????? ???????????????????????? /RENAME?? (Var1 
Var2=Test1 Test2)?????????????????? ???????????????????????? 
.?????????????????? ???????????????????? ?????????????????? 
?????????????????????????? SAVE TRANSLATE ?????????????????? ?????????????????? 
/OUTFILE='e:\Databases\Updates\RCRA\hreport_univ_CA5.csv"?????????????????? 
?????????????????????? /TYPE=CSV?????????????????? ?????????????????????? 
/MAP?????????????????? ?????????????????????? /REPLACE?????????????????? 
?????????????????????? /FIELDNAMES?????????????????? ?????????????????????? 
/Unselected=DELETE?????????????????? ???????????????????????? /RENAME = 
Var1=Test2?????????????????? ???????????????????????? .?????????????????? 
???????????????????? ?????????????????? ?????????????????????????? SAVE 
TRANSLATE ?????????????????? ?????????????????? 
/OUTFILE='e:\Databases\Updates\RCRA\hreport_univ_CA5.csv"?????????????????? 
?????????????????????? /TYPE=CSV?????????????????? ?????????????????????? 
/MAP?????????????????? ?????????????????????? /REPLACE?????????????????? 
?????????????????????? /FIELDNAMES?????????????????? ?????????????????????? 
/Unselected=DELETE?????????????????? ???????????????????????? /RENAME = 
(Var1=Test2)?????????????????? ???????????????????????? .?????????????????? 
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