DATA LIST FIXED /caseid 1-2 (F) a 3-255 (A).
BEGIN DATA
01spain, russia, canada, soviet union
02Spain,USA,     France,CANADA
03
04UK,Germany,Russia,  Mexico,France,canada
END DATA.

* There will be problems if a country name has more than 17 letters or
	if there are more than 15 countries listed.
set mprint=no.
STRING #delim(A1) #tmp(A255) c1 TO c15 (A17).
VECTOR c=c1 TO c15.
COMPUTE #delim=",".
COMPUTE #tmp=CONCAT(RTRIM(a),#delim).
COMPUTE cnt=1.

LOOP IF INDEX(#tmp,#delim)>1.
COMPUTE c(cnt)=LOWER(LTRIM(SUBSTR(#tmp,1,INDEX(#tmp,#delim)-1))).
COMPUTE cnt=cnt + 1.
COMPUTE #tmp=SUBSTR(#tmp,INDEX(#tmp,#delim)+1).
END LOOP.



*////////////////.
DEFINE !apply (id=!TOKENS(1) /stem=!TOKENS(1) /nb=!TOKENS(1) /fmt=!TOKENS(1))

SAVE OUTFILE='c:\\temp\\original data.sav'.

STRING s(!fmt).
VECTOR sv=!CONCAT(!stem,'1') TO !CONCAT(!stem,!nb).
LOOP cnt=1 TO !nb.
COMPUTE s=sv(cnt).
XSAVE OUTFILE='c:\\temp\\data1.sav' /KEEP=!id cnt s.
END LOOP.
EXECUTE.

GET FILE='c:\\temp\\data1.sav'.
SELECT IF RTRIM(s)<>"".
AUTORECODE s /INTO srec.
N OF CASES 1.
SAVE OUTFILE='c:\\temp\\label definitions.sav'.


GET FILE='c:\\temp\\data1.sav'.
SELECT IF RTRIM(s)<>"".
SORT CASES BY s.
AGGREGATE
  /OUTFILE=*
  /BREAK=s
  /!id = N(!id).
COMPUTE recnb=$CASENUM.
SAVE OUTFILE='c:\\temp\\data2.sav'.

GET FILE='c:\\temp\\data1.sav'.
SORT CASES BY s.
MATCH FILES FILE=*
	/TABLE='c:\\temp\\data2.sav'
	/BY=s.
SORT CASES BY !id cnt.

VECTOR !stem (!nb F1).
COMPUTE !stem(cnt)=recnb.

AGGREGATE
  /OUTFILE=*
  /BREAK=!id
  /!CONCAT(!stem,'1') TO !CONCAT(!stem,!nb) = 
	FIRST(!CONCAT(!stem,'1') TO !CONCAT(!stem,!nb)).


!DO !cnt=1 !TO !nb
RENAME VARIABLE (!CONCAT(!stem,!cnt)=srec).
APPLY DICTIONARY FROM='c:\\temp\\label definitions.sav'.
RENAME VARIABLE (srec=!CONCAT(!stem,!cnt)).
!DOEND
!ENDDEFINE.
*////////////////.

SET MPRINT=yes.
* in next macro call, 
	variables c1 to c15 must be globally autorecoded where 
	the format of each var is a15
	the case id variable is named caseid.
	
!apply id=caseid stem=c nb=15 fmt=a15. 
SET MPRINT=no.