PSPP-BUG: [bug #18533] RANK should allow string grouping variables

[Ben Pfaff]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?18533>

                 Summary: RANK should allow string grouping variables
                 Project: PSPP
            Submitted by: blp
            Submitted on: Friday 12/15/2006 at 12:30
                Category: Syntax Parser
                Severity: 5 - Average
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: jmd
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: None
                  Effort: 0.00

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Details:

I don't see a reason why grouping variables shouldn't be strings. This patch
seems to be all that is needed:

--- rank.q.~1.21.~      2006-12-09 21:37:26.000000000 -0800                  
                                                                            
+++ rank.q      2006-12-15 12:22:50.000000000 -0800                          
                                                                            
@@ -953,7 +954,7 @@ rank_custom_variables (struct lexer *lex
                                                                             
                                                                            
       if (!parse_variables (lexer, dataset_dict (ds),                       
                                                                            
                            &group_vars, &n_group_vars,                      
                                                                            
-                           PV_NO_DUPLICATE | PV_NUMERIC | PV_NO_SCRATCH) )  
                                                                            
+                           PV_NO_DUPLICATE | PV_NO_SCRATCH) )               
                                                                            
        {                                                                    
                                                                            
          free (group_vars);                                                 
                                                                            
          return 0;                                                          
                                                                            





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