SAVE TRANSLATE
/OUTFILE={’file_name’,file_handle}
/TYPE={CSV,TAB}
[/REPLACE]
[/MISSING={IGNORE,RECODE}]
[/DROP=var_list]
[/KEEP=var_list]
[/RENAME=(src_names=target_names)…]
[/UNSELECTED={RETAIN,DELETE}]
[/MAP]
…additional subcommands depending on TYPE…
The SAVE TRANSLATE command is used to save data into various
formats understood by other applications.
The OUTFILE and TYPE subcommands are mandatory.
OUTFILE specifies the file to be written, as a string file name or a file handle
(see File Handles). TYPE determines the type of the file or
source to read. It must be one of the following:
Comma-separated value format,
Tab-delimited format.
By default, SAVE TRANSLATE does not overwrite an existing file. Use
REPLACE to force an existing file to be overwritten.
With MISSING=IGNORE, the default, SAVE TRANSLATE treats user-missing
values as if they were not missing. Specify MISSING=RECODE to output
numeric user-missing values like system-missing values and string
user-missing values as all spaces.
By default, all the variables in the active dataset dictionary are
saved to the system file, but DROP or KEEP can
select a subset of variable to save. The RENAME subcommand
can also be used to change the names under which variables are saved;
because they are used only in the output, these names do not have to
conform to the usual PSPP variable naming rules. UNSELECTED
determines whether cases filtered out by the FILTER command are
written to the output file. These subcommands have the same syntax
and meaning as on the SAVE command (see SAVE).
Each supported file type has additional subcommands, explained in separate sections below.
SAVE TRANSLATE causes the data to be read. It is a procedure.