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Re: Problem with /Rename with Save Translate


From: Ben Pfaff
Subject: Re: Problem with /Rename with Save Translate
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 13:57:30 -0700
User-agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13)

Yes, this is a bug or a limitation in SAVE TRANSLATE in PSPP.

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 
> T-Mobile 4G LTE Device
> -------- 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               
> Elio Spinello, EdD     Partner     RPM Consulting, LLC     17130 Devonshire 
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> Message-----     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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