Date:         Thu, 2 Dec 1999 17:01:40 -0300
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From:         "Hector E. Maletta" <hmaletta@OVERNET.COM.AR>
Subject:      Re: Basic Syntax Help
Comments: To: "dittloff@corning-cc.edu" <dittloff@CORNING-CC.EDU>
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Scott Dittloff wrote:
>
> I have a huge data file (several thousand variables and several thousand
> cases) in ASCII format.  I want to import just a few of the variables for
> analysis.  I have tried running the following in a syntax window:
>
> Data list fixed file = 'C:\Temp\nes72_76' records = 1
> /1 rectype 1
> V94 233
[snip]
> I get the following error:
>
> >Error # 31 in column 24.  Text: C:\Data\Nes72_76.dat
> >File not found.
> >This command not executed.
>
> A file with the name Nes72_76.dat is located in the C:\Data directory.
>  What am I doing wrong?
>

     You're not including the .dat extension in the file name included
in the DATA LIST command. Includi it and it should run smoothly.

Hector Maletta
Universidad del Salvador
Buenos Aires, Argentina