Date:         Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:36:10 +0200
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Hello,

Function "any" will help.

SELECT if any (2770,diag1 to diag50).

best
JIndra


> ------------ Původní zpráva ------------
> Od: Leo Bakker <leobakker@RU.NL>
> Předmět: selecting cases
> Datum: 23.9.2008 12:34:46
> ----------------------------------------
> Dear listers,
>
> I have a data file that I want to filter on certain diagnosis, for example
> Diag1 = 2700 or Diag1 = 2770 or Diag1 = 3900
> Problem  is there are 50 diagnosis and underlying diagnosis:  Diag1 till
> Diag50 each with several hundreds of possibilities.
> Therefore if I want to create a filter for all cases  that have diagnosis
> 2770 I can do this: Diag1=2770 OR Diag2=2770 OR Diag3=2770 OR
> etc.......till Diag50=2770 and so on for every diagnosis.
> Simpler would be to select for exampe: Diag1=2770 to Diag50=2770
>
> I already tried:
> COMPUTE filter_$=(Diag1 =2770 TO Diag50=2770)etc.
> that didn't work
> COMPUTE filter_$=(Diag1 =2770 - Diag50=2770)etc.
> didn't work either.
> Is there a shorter syntax for this filter?
> I can't find this in the spss tutorials.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Leo Bakker
>
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