Text Data Files (UPDATE command)

You can update data from text data files -- or from any data format that IBM® SPSS® Statistics can read -- using defined datasets.

Example

DATA LIST FILE='/data/update.txt' 
  ID 1-3 NAME 5-17 (A) ADDRESS 19-28 (A) ZIP 30-34.
SORT CASES BY ID.
DATASET NAME updatefile.
GET FILE='/maillist.sav'.
SORT CASES BY ID.
DATASET NAME=primaryfile.
UPDATE FILE='primaryfile' 
 /RENAME=(STREET=ADDRESS) 
 /FILE='updatefile' 
 /BY=ID /MAP.