SPSS® 12.0 Command Syntax Reference

EXPORT
EXPORT OUTFILE=file
[/TYPE={COMM**}]
{TAPE }
[/UNSELECTED=[{RETAIN}]
{DELETE}
[/KEEP={ALL** }] [/DROP=varlist]
{varlist}
[/RENAME=(old varnames=new varnames)...]
[/MAP]
[/DIGITS=n]
**Default if the subcommand is omitted.
Example
EXPORT OUTFILE=NEWDATA /RENAME=(V1 TO V3=ID, SEX, AGE) /MAP.
Overview
Options
EXPORT produces a portable data file. A portable data file is a data file created used to transport
data between different types of computers and operating systems (such as between IBM
CMS and Digital VAX/VMS) or between SPSS, SPSS/PC+, or other software using the same
portable file format. Like an SPSS-format data file, a portable file contains all of the data and
dictionary information stored in the working data file from which it was created. (To send
data to a computer and operating system the same as your own, send an SPSS-format data
file, which is easier and faster to process than a portable file.)
EXPORT is similar to the SAVE command. It can occur in the same position in the
command sequence as the SAVE command and saves the working data file. The file includes
the results of all permanent transformations and any temporary transformations made just
prior to the EXPORT command. The working data file is unchanged after the EXPORT
command.
Format. You can control the format of the portable file using the TYPE subcommand.
Variables. You can save a subset of variables from the working file and rename the variables
using the DROP, KEEP, and RENAME subcommands. You can also produce a record of all
variables and their names on the exported file with the MAP subcommand.
Precision. You can specify the number of decimal digits of precision for the values of all
numeric variables on the DIGITS subcommand.
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