To use this program, follow these steps:<ol><li>Open an SPSS syntax window (or another text editor)</li><li>COPY the program below and PASTE it into the editor window</li><li>Edit the program so that the FILE= specification points to where the data file is stored on your system</li><li>Save the modified program file and RUN it using SPSS</li></ol>The program is below this line. If no program is listed, the URL to the EML document may be in error. If the EML file does not include all the information needed, the SPSS program will have errors or be incomplete. <br><hr><pre>Comment Package ID: knb-lter-vcr.113.3 Cataloging System:VCR.
Comment Data set title: 1992-93 Parramore Permanent Plot Baseline Data : Plot Coordinates.
Comment  Data set creator:  David Richardson -  
Comment  Data set creator:  John Porter -  
Comment  Data set creator: Dr. Hank Shugart -  
Comment  Metadata Provider:    - Virginia Coast Reserve Long-Term Ecological Research Project 
Comment  Contact:  David Richardson -    - dlr2n@virginia.edu
Comment  Contact:  David Richardson -    - dlr2n@virginia.edu
Comment  Contact:    - Information manager - Virginia Coast Reserve Long-Term Ecological Research Project   - jporter@lternet.edu
        
        
Title ' 1992-93 Parramore Permanent Plot Baseline Data : Plot Coordinates' . 

Comment You should replace 'PUT-LOCAL-PATH-TO-DATA-FILE-HERE'  (below) with the appropriate path.   
Comment    to your data file (e.g., c:\mydata\datafile.txt).                 
GET DATA  /TYPE=TXT/
               / FILE="PUT-LOCAL-PATH-TO-DATA-FILE-HERE" 
                        /ARRANGEMENT=Fixed 
                    /VARIABLES= 
                    PLOT_N 0-9 F10.0 UTMX 10-27 F  UTMY 28-45 A  .
execute.                
                

                
VAR LABELS   PLOT_N 'Plot Number- none' .
VAR LABELS   UTMX 'UTM X coordinate, NAD27- none' .
VAR LABELS   UTMY 'UTM Y coordinate, NAD27- ' .
                
                
comment The analyses below are basic descriptions of the variables. After testing, they should be replaced.                 
        
                 
Frequencies   variables=UTMY /order=analysis.  
Descriptives   variables=PLOT_N .  
Descriptives   variables=UTMX . 
Execute. 
                
                  
COMMENT List cases where data is out of range.  
COMMENT Note: if no out of range cases are detected, the variable names will be listed, but no actual cases.  
TEMPORARY .               
STRING BADVARS (A255).
SELECT IF (BADVARS NE ""). 
LIST VARIABLES=ALL.
Execute.                 
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