* Syntax to group data in bands. * rlevesque@videotron.ca. *I note that your variable is a string. * Use dummy data for demonstration purposes. DATA LIST FREE /income(A16). BEGIN DATA. '25000' 'not applicable' '35000' '36000' '37000' 'not applicable' '26200' END DATA. RECODE income (CONVERT) INTO incom2. * To group incom2 into bands of 5000 wide use following. COMPUTE incom3=TRUNC(incom2/5000)-3. * or proceed as follows. RECODE incom2 (LO THRU 24999=1) (25000 THRU 29999=2) (30000 THRU 34999=3)(35000 THRU HI=4) INTO incom4. EXECUTE.