Date:         Mon, 1 Dec 2003 17:33:29 -0000
Reply-To:     "Smith, Anne" <SmithAnne@dnb.com>
Sender:       "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Smith, Anne" <SmithAnne@dnb.com>
Subject:      Re: What's wrong with my macro/syntax?
Comments: To: "lucameyer@tiscali.it" <lucameyer@tiscali.it>

I'm not sure if this is the issue, but there is no command terminator ( . )
after your DEFINE statement.

Anne Smith


-----Original Message-----
From: Luca Meyer [mailto:lucameyer@tiscali.it]
Sent: 01 December 2003 17:30
To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: What's wrong with my macro/syntax?


I have the following macro (thanks to Raynald for provinding it to me - see
below) in a separate syntax (syntax2.sps) which I call from my main syntax
(sintax1.sps) with an INCLUDE command of the sort:

INCLUDE "c:\temp\syntax2.sps".

Followed by a

!ricod1 var1='temp' var2='1' var3=v1 var4=v2.


*////////////////.
DEFINE !ricod1 (var1=!TOKENS(1) /var2=!TOKENS(1) /var3=!TOKENS(1)
/var4=!TOKENS(1))

SAVE OUTFILE="C:\TEMP\FILE1.sav"
 /COMPRESSED.

GET DATA  /TYPE = TXT
  /FILE =
!QUOTE(!CONCAT('C:\',!UNQUOTE(!var1),'\',!UNQUOTE(!var2),'.csv'))
  /DELCASE = LINE
  /DELIMITERS = ";"
  /ARRANGEMENT = DELIMITED
  /FIRSTCASE = 3
  /IMPORTCASE = ALL
  /VARIABLES =
  RISPOSTA A255
  CODIFICA A255 .
CACHE.
EXECUTE.
IF CODIFICA ="" CODIFICA=RISPOSTA.
EXE.

WRITE OUTFILE="C:\TEMP\TEMP.SPS"
 /'DO IF '!QUOTE(!var3)'="'RISPOSTA'".'
 /'COMPUTE '!QUOTE(!var4)'="'CODIFICA'".'
 /'END IF.'.
EXE.

GET FILE="C:\TEMP\FILE1.sav".

STRING !var4 (A255).
INCLUDE "C:\TEMP\TEMP.SPS".
EXE.

!ENDDEFINE.
*////////////////.

Now, if I open syntax2.sps and run it manually everything is all right. But
when I call syntax2.sps from syntax1.sps as described above I get the
following error:

>Error # 6819 on line 1031 in column 256.  Text: (End of Command) The
>DEFINE command includes an invalid keyword specification.  The
>recognized specifications are !DEFAULT, !NOEXPAND, !TOKENS, !CMDEND,
>!CHAREND, and !ENCLOSE. This command not executed.

>Error # 6811 on line 1031 in column 256.  Text: (End of Command) The
>name of one of the parameters on the DEFINE command is not a valid
>name.  The name must begin with an alphabetic and contain a total of 1
to 7
>alphanumeric characters.  The exclamation point is not part of the name
as
>defined in the macro header, although it must appear as part of the
name in
>the macro body.

>Error # 6823 on line 1032.  Command name: DEFINE
>On the DEFINE command, each parameter definition must include one of
the
>following four specifications: !TOKENS, !CMDEND, !CHAREND, and
!ENCLOSE.

Can anyone help me to find out what I am doing wrong?

Thanks,
Luca

Mr. Luca Meyer
consumer research advisor
http://www.lucameyer.com/en/