COMPUTE WtChange=ABS(Weight1-Weight2).
COMPUTE NewVar=RND((V1/V2)*100).
COMPUTE Income=TRUNC(Income).
COMPUTE MinSqrt=SQRT(MIN(V1,V2,V3,V4)).
COMPUTE Test = TRUNC(SQRT(X/Y)) * .5.
COMPUTE Parens = TRUNC(SQRT(X/Y) * .5).
- WtChange is the
absolute value of Weight1 minus Weight2.
- NewVar is the
percentage V1 is of V2, rounded to an integer.
- Income is truncated
to an integer.
- MinSqrt is the
square root of the minimum value of the four variables V1 to V4.
MIN determines the minimum
value of the four variables, and SQRT computes the square root.
- The last two examples above illustrate the use of
parentheses to control the order of execution. For a case with value
2 for X and Y, Test equals 0.5,
since 2 divided by 2 (X/Y) is 1, the square root of 1 is 1, truncating
1 returns 1, and 1 times 0.5 is 0.5. However, Parens equals 0 for the same case, since
SQRT(X/Y) is 1, 1 times 0.5 is 0.5, and truncating 0.5 returns 0.