SPSS® 12.0 Command Syntax Reference

1462 SAVE TRANSLATE
• User-missing values are transferred as actual values.
• If the working data file contains more variables than the file can receive, SAVE TRANSLATE
writes the maximum number of variables that the file can receive.
Spreadsheets
Variables in the working data file become columns, and cases become rows in the spreadsheet
file.
• If you specify FIELDNAMES, variable names become the first row and indicate field
names.
• If you specify CELLS, value labels can be saved instead of data values. The default is to
have data values saved.
• String variable values are left-justified and numeric variable values are right-justified.
• The resulting spreadsheet file is given the range name of SPSS.
• System-missing values are translated to N/A in spreadsheet files.
SPSS formats are translated as follows:
SPSS 1-2-3/Symphony Excel
Number Fixed 0.00;#,##0.00;...
COMMA Comma 0.00;#,##0.00;...
DOLLAR Currency $#,##0_);...
DATE Date d-mmm-yy
TIME Time hh:mm:ss
String Label General
Databases
Variables in the working data file become fields, and cases become records in the database
file.
• Characters that are allowed in variable names but not in dBASE field names are translated
to colons in dBASE II and underscores in dBASE III and dBASE IV.
• Numeric variables containing the system-missing value are translated to **** in dBASE III
and dBASE IV and 0 in dBASE II.
• The width and precision of translated numeric variables are taken from the print format—
the total number of characters for the number is taken from the width of the print format,
and the number of digits to the right of the decimal point is taken from the decimals in the
print format. To adjust the width and precision, use the PRINT FORMATS command before
using SAVE TRANSLATE. Values that cannot be converted to the given width and precision
are converted to missing values.