SPSS® 12.0 Command Syntax Reference

Figure 2 Output from the PRINT subcommand
2 0 DO REPEAT Q=Q1 TO Q5,R1 TO R5/ N=0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1
3 0 COMPUTE Q=N
4 0 END REPEAT PRINT
5 0 +COMPUTE Q1=0
6 0 +COMPUTE Q2=0
7 0 +COMPUTE Q3=0
8 0 +COMPUTE Q4=0
9 0 +COMPUTE Q5=0
10 0 +COMPUTE R1=1
11 0 +COMPUTE R2=1
12 0 +COMPUTE R3=1
13 0 +COMPUTE R4=1
14 0 +COMPUTE R5=1
Example
DO REPEAT—END REPEAT 505
DO REPEAT R=REGION1 TO REGION5/ X=1 TO 5.
COMPUTE R=REGION EQ X.
END REPEAT PRINT.
• In this example, stand-in variable R represents the variable list REGION1 to REGION5.
Stand-in variable X represents the value list 1 to 5.
• The DO REPEAT—END REPEAT structure creates dummy variables REGION1 to REGION5
that equal 0 or 1 for each of 5 regions, depending on whether variable REGION equals the
current value of stand-in variable X.
• PRINT on END REPEAT causes the program to display the commands generated by the
structure, as shown in Figure 3.
Figure 3 Commands generated by DO REPEAT
2 0 DO REPEAT R=REGION1 TO REGION5/ X=1 TO 5
3 0 COMPUTE R=REGION EQ X
4 0 END REPEAT PRINT
5 0 +COMPUTE REGION1=REGION EQ 1
6 0 +COMPUTE REGION2=REGION EQ 2
7 0 +COMPUTE REGION3=REGION EQ 3
8 0 +COMPUTE REGION4=REGION EQ 4
9 0 +COMPUTE REGION5=REGION EQ 5