Part VI. Programming SPSS with Python and Scripts
In this part. . .
If you've always wanted to boss a computer around in more than one language, you can write commands using the Python programming language and include them among the Command Syntax statements. The result is the same as if you had written Command Syntax, but Python is a more modern and flexible language. If you think you might want to become a computer nerd, this is the way to go.
And you can use scripting — programming in either Python or Sax BASIC — to create programs that execute automatically. (Careful, though — this can be pretty impressive. When your friends start to bring you jelly doughnuts to crunch their numbers, be gracious.)
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