SPSS® 12.0 Command Syntax Reference

END FILE
END FILE
Example
INPUT PROGRAM.
DATA LIST FILE=PRICES /YEAR 1-4 QUARTER 6 PRICE 8-12(2).
DO IF (YEAR GE 1881). /*Stop reading before 1881
END FILE.
END IF.
END INPUT PROGRAM.
Overview
END FILE is used in an INPUT PROGRAM—END INPUT PROGRAM structure to tell the
program to stop reading data before it actually encounters the end of the file. END FILE
can be used with END CASE to concatenate raw data files by causing the program to delay
end-of-file processing until it has read multiple data files (see p. 422 for an example). END
FILE can also be used with LOOP and END CASE to generate data without any data input
(see p. 503 for an example).
Basic Specification
The basic specification is simply END FILE. There are no additional specifications. The end
of file is defined according to the conditions specified for END FILE in the input program.
Syntax Rules
• END FILE is available only within an INPUT PROGRAM structure.
• Only one END FILE command can be executed per input program. However, multiple
END FILE commands can be specified within a conditional structure in the input
program.
Operations
• When END FILE is encountered, the program stops reading data and puts an end of file
in the working data file it was building. The case that causes the execution of END FILE
is not read. To include this case, use the END CASE command before END FILE (see the
examples below).
• END FILE has the same effect as the end of the input data file. It terminates the input
program (see INPUT PROGRAM—END INPUT PROGRAM).
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