*>>>>>>>>>> SYNTAX 13:1 . GET FILE='C:\Program Files\SPSSInc\SPSS16\Samples\stroke_valid.sav'. MISSING VALUES age (HIGHEST THRU 99) . *>>>>>>>>>> SYNTAX 13:2 . GET FILE='C:\Program Files\SPSSInc\SPSS16\Samples\stroke_valid.sav'. RECODE physid (CONVERT) INTO new_physid . VARIABLE LABELS new_physid ‘physid converted from string to numeric’ EXECUTE . *>>>>>>>>>> SYNTAX 13:3 . GET FILE='C:\Program Files\SPSSInc\SPSS16\Samples\ceramics.sav'. STRING lab_code (A2) COMPUTE lab_code=(SUBSTR(labrunid,1,1)). EXECUTE . *>>>>>>>>>> SYNTAX 13:4. GET FILE='C:\Program Files\SPSSInc\SPSS16\Samples\GSS 93 for Missing Values.sav'. MATCH FILES /FILE=* /FILE=C:\Program Files\SPSSInc\SPSS16\Samples\GSS93 subset.sav' /BY ID. EXECUTE. SAVE OUTFILE 'C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\GSS93_merge2.sav'. *>>>>>>>>>> SYNTAX 13:5 . GET FILE='C:\Program Files\SPSSInc\SPSS16\Samples\World95.sav'. COMPUTE country_case=UPCASE(country). EXECUTE. *>>>>>>>>>> SYNTAX 13:6 . GET FILE='C:\Program Files\SPSSInc\SPSS16\Samples\World95.sav'. STRING country_case (A12). STRING country_case (A12). COMPUTE country_case=UPCASE(country). EXECUTE .