VARIABLES Subcommand (FLIP command)
VARIABLES
names one or more variables (columns) to be transposed. The specified
variables become observations (rows) in the new active dataset.
- The
VARIABLES
subcommand is optional. If it is not used, all variables are transposed. - If the
VARIABLES
subcommand is specified, variables that are not named are discarded.
Example
Using the untransposed file from the previous example, the command
FLIP VARIABLES=A TO C.
transposes only variables A through C. Variable D is not transposed and is discarded from
the active dataset. The LIST
output
for the transposed file is as follows:
CASE_LBL VAR001 VAR002 VAR003
A . . .
B 22.00 34.00 1970.00
C 31.00 29.00 1971.00