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....
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...