SPSS® 12.0 Command Syntax Reference

1262 PRINT SPACE
Example
PRINT / NAME DEPT82 *
MOHIRED(T30,F2) ’/’ YRHIRED *
SALARY82 (T35,DOLLAR8).
PRINT SPACE.
EXECUTE.
• PRINT SPACE displays one blank line each time it is executed. Because PRINT SPACE is
not used in a DO IF—END IF structure, it is executed once for each case. In effect, the
output is double-spaced.
Example
NUMERIC #LINE.
DO IF MOD(#LINE,5) = 0.
PRINT SPACE 2.
END IF.
COMPUTE #LINE=#LINE + 1.
PRINT / NAME DEPT *
MOHIRED 30-31 ’/’ YRHIRED *
SALARY 35-42(DOLLAR).
EXECUTE.
• DO IF specifies that PRINT SPACE will be executed if MOD (the remainder) of #LINE
divided by 5 equals 1. Since #LINE is incremented by 1 for each case, PRINT SPACE is
executed once for every five cases. (See p. 38 for information on the MOD function.)
• PRINT SPACE specifies two blank lines. Cases are displayed in groups of five with two
blank lines between each group.
Example
* Printing addresses on labels.
COMPUTE #LINES=0. /*Initiate #LINES to 0
DATA LIST FILE=ADDRESS/RECORD 1-40 (A). /*Read a record
COMPUTE #LINES=#LINES+1. /*Bump counter and print
WRITE OUTFILE=LABELS /RECORD.
DO IF RECORD EQ ’ ’. /*Blank between addresses
+ PRINT SPACE OUTFILE=LABELS 8 - #LINES. /*Add extra blank #LINES
+ COMPUTE #LINES=0.
END IF.
EXECUTE.
• PRINT SPACE uses a complex expression for specifying the number of blank lines to display.
The data contain a variable number of input records for each name and address,
which must be printed in a fixed number of lines for mailing labels. The goal is to know
when the last line for each address has been printed, how many lines have printed, and
therefore how many blank records must be printed in order for the next address to fit on
the next label. The example assumes that there is already one blank line between each
address on input and that you want to print eight lines per label.