Frans,
I don't understand why you don't change the variable width for your
string variables. This seems the most easiest way for everyone.
Cheers,
ftr
On 25/03/2015 14:48, Frans Houweling
wrote:
Hi,
quoting the manual on combining files:
When more than one input file contains a
variable with a given name, those variables must all have the
same type (numeric or string) and, for string variables, the
same width.
For me the same width limitation is one of the worst pains with
SPSS (the other one being the total lack of introspection).
I would like to launch a people's petition to break compatibility
with SPSS, allowing different widths and just keeping the width of
the one in the first file encountered.
Unite!
frans
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