String variables are variables that hold zero or more characters such as letters, numbers, spaces, commas and many more. You can’t use numeric functions such as addition or subtraction on string variables. You can, however, extract one or more characters (a substring) from them, glue them together (concatenate) and a couple of other functions. Like so, working […]
Working with string variables in SPSS is pretty straightforward if one masters some basic string functions. This tutorial will quickly walk you through the important ones. SPSS Main String Functions CHAR.SUBSTR (substring) – Extract character(s) from string CONCAT (concatenate) – Combine strings CHAR.INDEX – Find first occurrence of character(s) in string CHAR.RINDEX (right index) – Find last occurrence of character(s) in […]
