Rename Long to Short

 

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This syntax prepares data for the following 2 scripts:

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* To shorten variable names.
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GET FILE='c:\program files\spss\employee data.sav'.
RENAME VARIABLES (salary salbegin =salarydata1 salarydata2).

oms select log
/destination format=oxml outfile='c:\\temp\\namelist.xml'.
save outfile='c:\\temp\\fred.sav' /names.
omsend.
* Run the script "RenameLongToShort.sbs".


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* To preserve long variable names when portable file format is used.
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GET FILE='c:\\program files\\spss\\employee data.sav'.
RENAME VARIABLES (salary salbegin =salarydata1 salarydata2).
oms select log
/destination format=oxml outfile='c:\\temp\\exportnamelist.xml'.
export outfile='c:\\temp\\fred.por' .
omsend.

* send fred.por and exportnamelist.xml files to your contact.
* Contact would import file using.
import file='c:\\temp\\fred.por' .
* then run the script "RenamePortShortToLong.sbs" to 
* reinstate long file names.
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