SpssTextItem Class (Python)

The SpssTextItem class represents a text item in an output document. You get an SpssTextItem object from the collection of output items in an output document.

Example: Getting Text Items

import SpssClient
SpssClient.StartClient()

OutputDoc = SpssClient.GetDesignatedOutputDoc()
OutputItems = OutputDoc.GetOutputItems()

for index in range(OutputItems.Size()):
   OutputItem = OutputItems.GetItemAt(index)
   if OutputItem.GetType() == SpssClient.OutputItemType.TEXT:
        TextItem = OutputItem.GetSpecificType()
  • Text items have an output item type of SpssClient.OutputItemType.TEXT.
  • Once an output item has been identified as a text item, you get an SpssTextItem object by calling the GetSpecificType method on the output item object. In this example, TextItem is an SpssTextItem object.