= SPSS Write =

The '''`WRITE`''' command writes data to an external file. Compare to [[SPSS/Print|PRINT]]. The difference is that `WRITE` will not begin each line with a space character, and will not delimit values with a space character.

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== Usage ==

{{{
write outfile="path/to/file" / foo bar baz.
write outfile="path/to/file encoding="1252" / foo bar baz.
write outfile="path/to/file" / 'a string literal' foo 'another string literal' bar.
}}}

By default, variables are printed according to their [[SPSS/DataFormats#Write_Format|write format]]. An [[SPSS/DataFormats#Input_and_Output_Formats|alternative format]] can be specified following the variable names.

{{{
write outfile="path/to/file" / foo 1-10 (F,2) bar 11-20 (A).
write outfile="path/to/file" / foo (F10.2) bar (A10).
}}}

The `WRITE` command can be used to create [[SPSS/ReadingData#Multi-Record_Data|multi-record data]].

{{{
write outfile="path/to/file" /1 foo /2 bar.
}}}

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== Data Model ==

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

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== See also ==

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



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