SPSS® 12.0 Command Syntax Reference

INPUT PROGRAM—END INPUT PROGRAM
INPUT PROGRAM
commands to create or define cases
END INPUT PROGRAM
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
The INPUT PROGRAM and END INPUT PROGRAM commands enclose data definition and
transformation commands that build cases from input records. The input program often
encloses one or more DO IF—END IF or LOOP—END LOOP structures, and it must include at
least one file definition command, such as DATA LIST. One of the following utility commands
is also usually used:
END CASE Build cases from the commands within the input program and pass
the cases to the commands immediately following the input program.
END FILE Terminate processing of a data file before the actual end of the file
or define the end of the file when the input program is used to read
raw data.
REREAD Reread the current record using a different DATA LIST.
REPEATING DATA Read repeating groups of data from the same input record.
For more information on the commands used in an input program, see the discussion of each
command.
Input programs create a dictionary and data for a working file from raw data files; they
cannot be used to read SPSS-format data files. They can be used to process direct-access
and keyed data files. For details, see KEYED DATA LIST.
Input Programs
The program builds the working data file dictionary when it encounters commands that
create and define variables. At the same time, the program builds an input program that constructs
cases and an optional transformation program that modifies cases prior to analysis or
display. By the time the program encounters a procedure command that tells it to read the
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