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Re: Value labels for non-integer values
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Ben Pfaff |
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Re: Value labels for non-integer values |
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Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:41:37 -0700 |
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John Darrington <address@hidden> writes:
> spss allows labels to be set for non-integers, eg:
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> value label x 1.5 'One and a half' 2.3 'Two point three'.
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> But this is rejected by pspp. In fact, we seem to have explicitly
> disallowed it (see line 170 of src/language/dictionary/value-labels.c)
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> Can anyone suggest a reason why we should disallow labels for
> non-integers?
I don't know of a reason not to allow them.
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Ben Pfaff
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