Date:         Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:18:17 -0500
Reply-To:     Alex Reutter <areutter@us.ibm.com>
Sender:       "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Alex Reutter <areutter@us.ibm.com>
Subject:      Re: what's wrong with this expression?
In-Reply-To:  <4C91087E.9060802@pacbell.net>
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To clarify, is the expression that you are typing in to the text field

        (type=0) & (sales>100).

or

        (type=0) & (sales>100)

?  The only difference between the two is that the first has a period on
the end and gives the warning message you describe; the second doesn't and
runs correctly.

Alex




From:
J McClure <mc006@pacbell.net>
To:
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Date:
09/15/2010 12:53 PM
Subject:
what's wrong with this expression?
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Hi,
I am working thru the Help tutorial on hierarchical cluster analysis. In
the step on preparing the data (select cases if), I entered the
following example syntax (type=0) & (sales>100).  into the text field
but when I click on continue I get the message "The expression is
incomplete. Check for missing operands, invalid operators, unmatched
parentheses or excessive string lengths".  I tried cutting and pasting
from the example, I tried (type=0 & sales>100). based on an example in
the syntax ref guide, and I tried entering it using the GUI entirely and
not the keyboard. Same error.
Thanks in advance,
Jan

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