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<cenders@UNLINFO.UNL.EDU> From:         craig enders
<cenders@UNLINFO.UNL.EDU> Subject:      missing value function ?
Content-Type: text  I am having troubles using one of the
missing value functions on the release 4.0 of SPSS running on a
unix mainframe. According to the SPSS reference guide, the
following command should return the number of missing values for
each case on the listed variables:  compute newvar = missing(x1)
+ missing(x2) + missing(x3)  So I should be getting a value
ranging from 0 to 3 for each case. Instead, I keep getting an
error message stating the following:  Error 4307. Text: + . One
of the operands for the arithmetic operation is other than a
numeric variable or numeric expression.  Any clues? Does this
function no longer work? BTW, all of the vars are numeric
variables.  Thanks, Craig Enders