Introduction & Practice Data FileConverting an SPSS string variable into a numeric one is simple. However, there's a huge pitfall that few people are aware of: string values that can't be converted into numbers result in system missing values without SPSS throwing any error or warning....
"TRY_CAST takes the value passed to it and tries to convert it to the specified data_type. If the cast succeeds, TRY_CAST returns 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, then TRY...