Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:25:45 -0700
Reply-To: Albert-jan Roskam <fomcl@yahoo.com>
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From: Albert-jan Roskam <fomcl@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Compute new variable
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Hi,
COUNT does wat you want:
countvar = count v1 to v6 (3).
You can recode it to make countvar binary, of course.
Cheers!!
Albert-Jan
--- On Mon, 3/30/09, Darren Philpott <Darren.Philpott@shlgroup.com> wrote:
> From: Darren Philpott <Darren.Philpott@shlgroup.com>
> Subject: Compute new variable
> To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Date: Monday, March 30, 2009, 12:16 PM
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