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SPSS Scratch Variables

Contents

  1. SPSS Scratch Variables
    1. Declaration
    2. Usage

Declaration

Scratch variables are declared like: 

compute #TotalSales = sum(Sales, #TotalSales).

Note the names are prefixed with a hash (#). This is a requirement.

Usage

Scratch variables are firstly useful as temporary variables. They are deleted in the next execution (e.g. the next EXECUTE command).

Scratch variables are also useful for data aggregation, as they are not re-initialized for each case. 

compute #TotalSales = sum(Sales, #TotalSales).
compute Total_Sales = #TotalSales.

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SPSS/ScratchVariables (last edited 2023-06-09 16:38:07 by DominicRicottone)