Examples (DOCUMENT command)

Adding Descriptive Text to a Data File

GET FILE="/data/gensoc.sav" /KEEP=AGE SEX EDUC MARITAL CHILDRN MED_INS.
FILE LABEL  General Social Survey subset.
 
DOCUMENT    This file contains a subset of variables from the
            General Social Survey data.  For each case it records
            only the age, sex, education level, marital status,
            number of children, and type of medical insurance 
            coverage.
 
SAVE OUTFILE="/data/subsoc.sav".
  • GET keeps only a subset of variables from the file gensoc.sav. All documentation from the file GENSOC is copied into the active dataset.
  • FILE LABEL creates a label for the new active dataset.
  • DOCUMENT specifies the new document text. Both existing documents from the file GENSOC and the new document text are saved in the file subsoc.sav.

Replacing Existing DOCUMENT Text

GET FILE="/data/gensoc.sav" /KEEP=AGE SEX EDUC MARITAL CHILDRN MED_INS.
 
DROP DOCUMENTS.
 
FILE LABEL  General Social Survey subset.
 
DOCUMENT    This file contains a subset of variables from the
            General Social Survey data.  For each case it records
            only the age, sex, education level, marital status,
            number of children, and type of medical insurance 
            coverage.
 
SAVE OUTFILE="/data/subsoc.sav".
  • DROP DOCUMENTS drops the documentation from the file gensoc.sav as data are copied into the active dataset. Only the new documentation specified on DOCUMENT is saved in the file subsoc.sav.