CTABLES DOES NOT WORK WITH DEFAULT SUBCOMMAND IN SPLIT FILES

[cuttance]

There is a problem using SPLIT FILES with CTABLES ---- due to the fact
that CTABLES DOES NOT support the DEFAULT subcommand [Layered] for
SPLIT FILES.

Hence, to generate tables for each SPLIT FILE Group in the data, it is
necessary to specify:

SPLIT FILES SEPARATE by GROUP.

The CTABLES Manual does not address this issue — and the error message
at run time is missleading.

It is a little weird that a DEFAULT value of a command is not
supported!!!

Perhaps SPSS can amend the Manuals and onscreen HELP to make this
matter explicit.

Cheers
Peter

[Bruce Weaver]

cuttance wrote:
> There is a problem using SPLIT FILES with CTABLES ---- due to the fact
> that CTABLES DOES NOT support the DEFAULT subcommand [Layered] for
> SPLIT FILES.
>
> Hence, to generate tables for each SPLIT FILE Group in the data, it is
> necessary to specify:
>
> SPLIT FILES SEPARATE by GROUP.
>

> The CTABLES Manual does not address this issue � and the error message

> at run time is missleading.

That is not quite right. As noted in my other post, the online
help for CTABLES says this:

� CTABLES ignores SPLIT FILE requests if layered splits (compare
groups in the graphical user interface) are requested. You can
compare groups by using the split variables at the highest nesting
level for row variables. See the TABLE subcommand for nesting
variables.

>
> It is a little weird that a DEFAULT value of a command is not
> supported!!!
>
> Perhaps SPSS can amend the Manuals and onscreen HELP to make this
> matter explicit.
>
> Cheers
> Peter

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