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How can I use the syntax to fill specific lines with specific variables. Suppose I want to fill lines 1-10 in my "location" variable with integer 1. Lines 10-70 with 2 and so on. No programming. I just want to fill specific lines of a variable with specific values ​​instead of having to do it manually. I've tried using vectors and loops, but it only works between columns.

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The basic syntax will look like this:



do if $casenum le 10.
   compute myvar = 1.
else if $casenum le 70.
   compute myvar = 2.
else. 
   compute myvar = 3.
end if.
exe.
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Assuming your dataset is already populated, $ casenum matches rows by row number.



Combine with IF to set values. You can cut this down a bit using RANGE .

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