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SPSS® 12.0 Command Syntax Reference

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GET TRANSLATE 639<br />

• For string variables, the assigned format is A8 or the format of the first data value in the<br />

column, whichever is wider. Values that exceed the defined width are truncated.<br />

• ASCII data files delimited by space (instead of tabs) or in fixed format should be read by<br />

DATA LIST.<br />

Limitations<br />

The maximum number of variables that can be translated into the working data file depends<br />

on the maximum number of variables the other software application can handle:<br />

Application<br />

Maximum<br />

variables<br />

1-2-3 256<br />

Symphony 256<br />

Multiplan 255<br />

Excel 256<br />

dBASE IV 255<br />

dBASE III 128<br />

dBASE II 32<br />

FILE Subcommand<br />

FILE names the file to read. The only specification is the name of the file.<br />

• On some systems, file specifications should be enclosed in quotation marks or apostrophes.<br />

Example<br />

GET TRANSLATE FILE=’PROJECT.WKS’.<br />

• GET TRANSLATE creates a working data file from the 1-2-3 Release 1.0 spreadsheet with<br />

the name PROJECT.WKS.<br />

• The working file contains all rows and columns and uses the column letters as variable<br />

names.<br />

• The format for each variable is determined by the format of the value in the first row of<br />

each column.<br />

TYPE Subcommand<br />

TYPE indicates the format of the file.<br />

• TYPE can be omitted if the file extension named on FILE is the default for the type of file<br />

you are reading.<br />

• The TYPE subcommand takes precedence over the file extension.<br />

• You can create a Lotus format file in Multiplan and translate it to a working data file by<br />

specifying WKS on TYPE.

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