I am working mainly with SAS and processed my data all steps in SAS. A user needed the data files in SPSS, but at the same time need all variable attributes to be included (formats, missing, var labels, etc.). I prepared an SPSS syntax for that and it is working if I run it in an additional step. In other words, after done with processing the data in SAS, I run the SPSS syntax using SPSS. What I need is how to include (%include ... doesn't work) the SPSS syntax to run automatically when I run my SAS programs!
Thanks dear friends, YA
Yasin Afana , I do not think that would be possible. I have not seen SAS being able to run SPSS nor vice versa.
SPSS also uses an INCLUDE, but only to call another SPSS syntax. To run python or R in SPSS, you need to start BEGIN PROGRAM R or PYTHON. Maybe some similar option might be available in SAS, but very much doubt it. They protect their own programs as much as possible.
Thank you Peter, this is unfortunate! I have an example of invoking/calling SPSS syntax from SAS by using python, but it is so complicated. I was wondering if a call procedure can be simple (even with python). I mean just a direct simple call!
I don't know if it can be done 'easily' with python and SAS, but they might have something similar to the procedure of SPSS. I has been a long time ago since I used SAS.Maybe the page https://developer.sas.com/guides/python.html might help you along. I also found a PDF with information that might help. But no connection to SPSS: not a way to let SAS run an SPSS syntax.
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