* Reading text data "list" data.

* Mendota Ice Cover.

* From the previous example.
data list free /* Note the missing data in 2007 messes everything up*/
 / winter  icedays.
begin data
2005,95
2006,66
2007,
2008,97
2009,87
2010, 
end data.  
descriptives variables=icedays.

data list list /* "list" is "free" data values with one observation per line */
 / winter  icedays.
begin data
2005,95
2006,66
2007,
2008,97
2009,87
,
2010, 
end data.  
descriptives variables=icedays.

data list list /* include string data */
 / winter (a7) close (a6) open (a6) icedays.
begin data
2000-01	 13-Dec	 7-Apr    115           
2001-02	 2-Jan	 15-Mar	  21             
2002-03	 4-Jan   3-Apr    89            
2003-04	 7-Jan   27-Mar	  80            
2004-05  25-Dec  5-Apr    101
2005-06  19-Dec  24-Mar    95
2006-07  20-Jan  27-Mar    66
2007-08  26-Dec  10-Apr   106
2008-09  16-Dec  23-Mar    97
2009-10	 29-Dec  26-Mar    87
2010-11  15-Dec   .        .
end data.
descriptives variables=icedays.

data list list /* include string data */
 / winter (a7) close (a6) open (a6) icedays.
begin data
2000-01	 13-Dec	 7-Apr    115           
2001-02	 .	 15-Mar	  21             
2002-03	 4-Jan   3-Apr    89            
2003-04	 7-Jan   27-Mar	  80            
2004-05  25-Dec  5-Apr    101
2005-06  19-Dec  24-Mar    95
2006-07  20-Jan  27-Mar    66
2007-08  26-Dec  10-Apr   106
2008-09  16-Dec  23-Mar    97
2009-10	 29-Dec  26-Mar    87
2010-11  15-Dec   .        .
end data.
* Handling missing data can be awkward because they can't be just spaces .
descriptives variables=icedays.
string openmonth (a3).
compute openmonth = substr(open,char.index(open, "-")+1).
frequencies variables=openmonth.