In R there is the source function where you can source an R script from another R script.
I want to be able to do the same in SPSS.
How can I source an SPSS syntax file from another SPSS syntax file?
Updated Following #AndyW's comments.
There is the INSERT and INCLUDE commands. INSERT is newer and more versatile than INCLUDE.
See documentation on INSERT here.
The following is the basic syntax template:
INSERT FILE='file specification'
[SYNTAX = {INTERACTIVE*}]
{BATCH }
[ERROR = {CONTINUE*}]
{STOP }
[CD = {NO*}]
{YES}
[ENCODING = 'encoding specification']
Thus, the following command can be placed in an SPSS syntax file
INSERT FILE='foo.sps'.
and it would import foo.sps syntax file.
By default, syntax must follow the rules of interactive mode, and the code wont stop on an error.
To avoid having to specify the full path to the file, the working directory can be specified as an argument in the INSERT statement or with a separate CD command.
E.g.,
CD '/user/jimbo/long/path/to/project'
Another option is to use FILE HANDLE.
For more information see the SPSS Syntax Reference (available here as a large PDF file).
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Stripped down example code using a static file name:
OUTPUT EXPORT /CONTENTS EXPORT=ALL /PDF DOCUMENTFILE='example.pdf'
My question is how to generate a datestamped file. I have tried using $DATE, '$DATE' and running it through a macro but can't seem to find the syntax.
Hey this is a really nice Idea for saving backups in a running syntax production - I will use this myself from now on :) .
So the following syntax works for me:
compute tdy= $time.
formats tdy (date11).
temporary.
select if $casenum=1.
write out="somepath\datemacro.sps" /"define !dated__filename () !quote(!concat('YOUR FILE NAME',' ','", tdy, "','.pdf')) !enddefine.".
exe.
Insert file ="somepath\datemacro.sps".
delete vars tdy.
The file name you used in the code above is now stored in a macro with the date added, and you can use it here:
OUTPUT EXPORT /CONTENTS EXPORT=ALL /PDF DOCUMENTFILE= !dated__filename .
Note that you can change "YOUR FILE NAME" into anything you like, including adding a path. And you can also change ".pdf" so save other kinds of files.
EDIT: Also of course change "somepath" to a valid path on your machine.
I want to create a printer extension for OCaml using camlp5. My code would look like the example of this tutorial but instead of creating my own extension of the grammar, I would like to use OCaml's grammar to parse a program.
For that, I would like to use the Pcaml module to parse the given string with OCaml's grammar. Unfortunately, each time I try to use it, I get the:
Required module 'Pcaml' is unavailable
This is the part of my code where I load and open modules, as well as part of the code that uses Pcaml:
#load "pa_extprint.cmo";;
#load "q_MLast.cmo";;
#load "pa_o.cmo";;
open Pcaml;;
open Pprintf;;
let pa_ocaml = Grammar.Entry.create Pcaml.gram "pcaml_gram";;
I tried multiple command to run the program, like for example:
ocamlc -pp camlp5o -I +camlp5 gramlib.cma <my_file>.ml
What do I need to be able to use Pcaml and Pcaml.gram?
I recommend to use ocamlfind to build and link your programs. The only reason for newcomer against it, is that thing could become buggy when you use Windows without WSL. The compilation command without error is below
ocamlfind c -syntax camlp5o -package camlp5 -linkpkg a.ml
#load "pa_extprint.cmo";;
#load "q_MLast.cmo";;
#load "pa_o.cmo";;
open Pcaml;;
open Pprintf;;
let pa_ocaml : int Grammar.Entry.e = Grammar.Entry.create Pcaml.gram "pcaml_gram";;
FYI, your #load commands can and should be replaced by specifying right ocamlfind's packages.
I run my .fsx file like
>fsi A.fsx
In this file I read csv with CsvProvider that has to have path to csv data.
type Data = CsvProvider<"my_data.txt", ";", Schema
I need to pass file name as command line argument and it is possible
>fsi A.fsx my_data.txt
I can read it like
let originalPath = fsi.CommandLineArgs.ElementAt(1)
Problem is, that file name used in CsvProvider constructor needs to be constant and command line argument is not. How I can initialize CsvProvider from command line argument?
The value inside the angle brackes <"my_data.txt"...> specifies an example format file and is checked at compile time, hence the need for it to be a constant string. Assuming your .fsx script merely wants to load a different CSV file of the same general format, you would use
let contents = Data.Load(originalPath)
I am doing my project on incremental deep drawing using ABAQUS.
I am trying to import a text file of loop program into abaqus script so that there is no need of entering amplitude values manually.
But I am getting an error when trying to import the data using the following code
f = open('data_x', 'r')
values=f.read()
values=f.readline()
Error:
data_x is not defined
Error NameError: name 'data_x' is not defined points that you are using data_x as a name in your code, not as a string (with quotes).
This means that in your code, you probably have something like
f = open(data_x)
Python is trying to figure out which value is associated with data_x, which is a Python name, not a string. Since it's not defined before getting to that line, you are getting an error.
If you want to store the name of a file and then open a file, write
data_x = 'data_x.txt'
f = open(data_x)
You could also directly write
f = open('data_x.txt')
Whichever solution you adopt, make sure that a correct path to the file is passed to the function open, so that it could find the file.
I have a relatively complicated suite of OMake files designed for cross-compiling on a specific platform. My source is in C++.
I'm building from Windows and I need to pass to the compiler include directories which have spaces in their names. The way that the includes string which is inserted in the command line to compile files is created is by the line:
public.PREFIXED_INCLUDES = $`(addprefix $(INCLUDES_OPT), $(set $(absname $(INCLUDES))))
At some other point in the OMake files I have a line like:
INCLUDES += $(dir "$(LIBRARY_LOCATION)/Path with spaces/include")
In the middle of the command line this expands to:
-IC:\Library location with spaces\Path with spaces\include
I want it to expand to:
-I"C:\Library location with spaces\Path with spaces\include"
I don't want to change anything but the "INCLUDES += ..." line if possible, although modifying something else in that file is also fine. I don't want to have to do something like change the definition of PREFIXED_INCLUDES, as that's in a suite of OMake files which are part of an SDK which may change beneath me. Is this possible? If so, how can I do it? If not, in what ways can I make sure that includes with spaces in them are quoted by modifying little makefile code (hopefully one line)?
The standard library function quote adds escaped quotes around its argument, so it should do the job:
INCLUDES += $(quote $(dir "$(LIBRARY_LOCATION)/Path with spaces/include"))
If needed, see quote in Omake manual.
In case someone else is having the same problem, I thought I'd share the solution I eventually went with, having never figured out how to surround with quotes. Instead of putting quotes around a name with spaces in it I ended up converting the path to the short (8.3) version. I did this via a a simple JScript file called shorten.js and a one line OMake function.
The script:
// Get Access to the file system.
var FileSystemObject = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
// Get the short path.
var shortPath = FileSystemObject.GetFolder(WScript.Arguments(0)).ShortPath;
// Output short path.
WScript.StdOut.Write(shortPath);
The function:
ShortDirectoryPath(longPath) =
return $(dir $(shell cscript /Nologo $(dir ./tools/shorten.js) "$(absname $(longPath))"))
So now I just use a line like the following for includes:
INCLUDES += $(ShortDirectoryPath $(dir "$(LIBRARY_LOCATION)/Path with spaces/include"))