Re: copying and pasting

[John Darrington]

On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 05:36:09PM -0700, Arianne Reis wrote:

        I've just downloaded the most recent version of PSPP and my operating 
        system (I think that's the name!) is Microsoft. :)

It's useful if you say exactly which version. Sometimes people have what they 
think
is "most recent", but there have since been other versions released.  Also, it 
means
that your message is more helpfull for archive purposes - somebody reading the 
list
in 6 years' time will wonder what "the most recent" version means.

Similarly, Microsoft produce a number of different editions of their Windows 
operating 
system - XP, Windows7 etc. and many versions and "patchlevels" within them.  
Sometimes
it could be relevant to an issue, so it's best to be as specific as possible.
     
        I'm trying to copy some data from one .sav file into a new one I've 
just 
        created. Is there a way of selecting some data to copy and then paste 
into this 
        new file? 

In the datasheet, you can use the clipboard to copy and paste in the 
conventional fashion.
However this is only practical for small to medium sized files.  For something 
bigger, see
the section in the manual entitled "Combining Data Files".

        Also, I'm creating a new variable (1 and 2) so I can identify the two 
        sets of data (the one I'm copying in and the one I already have there); 
do I 
        need to manually put 1 and 2 for all my cases, or is there a way of 
copying and 
        pasting cases within the same file? 

You will notice that the above mentioned manual section describes a /IN 
subcommand which
can be used to do this automatically.

J'
     
     

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