SPSS Strings to Numeric - Wrong WayFirst off, you can convert a string into a numeric variable in variable view as shown below.Now, I never use this method myself becauseI can't apply it to many variables at once, so it may take way more effort than necessary; it doesn't generate ...
To recode blanks to a value other than system-missing or to recode a string value to a noncorresponding numeric value (for example, ‘0’ to 10), you must specify a recode specification before the keyword CONVERT. RECODE converts numbers as if the variable were being reread using the F...
"TRY_CASTtakes the value passed to it and tries to convert it to the specified data_type. If the cast succeeds,TRY_CASTreturns the value as the specified data_type; if an error occurs, null is returned. However if you request a conversion that is explicitly not permitted, thenTRY_CASTfa...