Re: PSPP output

[Ben Pfaff]

Adam Pierson <address@hidden> writes:

> What version of output does pspp support?  We currently have spss v. 
> 6.4, and it has limitations on size of variable names (8 characters) and 
>  length of data values (255 characters I believe).  We are considering 
> upgrading to spss 12 or 13, which I believe don't have the same 
> limitations.  We currently rely on files created on our server using 
> pspp, and I want to make sure before we spend the money to upgrade that 
> we will be able to output files from pspp with labels longer than 8 
> characters and values longer than 255 characters.

PSPP 0.4.0 supports variable names up to 64 bytes (characters)
long.  This support has not been extensively tested.  Please
report any bugs in it that you may find, and as with all PSPP
bugs, we will make an effort to fix it as soon as we can.

PSPP 0.4.0 supports string variables up to 255 characters wide.
This is the same maximum width imposed by SPSS 12.  (Does SPSS 13
really allow longer strings?  I was not aware of that, but I
don't yet have a reference manual for that version.)
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