SPSS® 12.0 Command Syntax Reference

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CASESTOVARS 181
Automatic classification of fixed variables. The values of fixed variables do not vary within a
row group. You can use the AUTOFIX subcommand to let the procedure determine which
variables are fixed and which variables are to become variable groups in the new data file.
Naming new variables. You can use the RENAME, SEPARATOR, and INDEX subcommands to
control the names for the new variables.
Ordering new variables. You can use the GROUPBY subcommand to specify how to order the
new variables in the new data file.
Creating indicator variables. You can use the VIND subcommand to create indicator variables.
An indicator variable indicates the presence or absence of a value for a case. An indicator
variable has the value of 1 if the case has a value; otherwise, it is 0.
Creating a count variable. You can use the COUNT subcommand to create a count variable that
contains the number of rows in the original data that were used to create a row in the new
data file.
Variable selection. You can use the DROP subcommand to specify which variables from the
original data file are dropped from the new data file.
Basic Specification
The basic specification is simply the command keyword.
• If split file processing is in effect, the basic specification creates a row in the new data file
for each combination of values of the SPLIT FILE variables. If split file processing is not
in effect, the basic specification results in a new data file with one row.
• Because the basic specification can create quite a few new columns in the new data file,
the use of an ID subcommand to identify groups of cases is recommended.
Subcommand Order
Subcommands can be specified in any order.
Syntax Rules
Each subcommand can be specified only once.
Operations
• Original row order. CASESTOVARS assumes that the original data are sorted by SPLIT and
ID variables.
• Identifying row groups in the original file. A row group consists of rows in the original data
that share the same values of variables listed on the ID subcommand. Row groups are