= SPSS Compute =

The '''`COMPUTE`''' command assigns a value to a variable.

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== Usage ==

{{{
compute foo = 1.
compute bar = ''.
}}}

If a string literal or string expression differs in length compared to the target variable, it is truncated or padded with space characters as needed.

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== Data Model ==

The `COMPUTE` command is queued as a pending transformation.

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== See also ==

[[https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/manual/html_node/COMPUTE.html|PSPP manual for COMPUTE]]



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