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* From MANY lines to ONE line per case.
* Code by Raynald Levesque rlevesque@videotron.ca.

DATA LIST LIST /permnum(f8.0) sequence(f8.0) dept(a4) course(a4) ngrade(f8).
BEGIN DATA
1 1 abc 301a 25
1 2 bcd 640c 35
1 3 fgh 222a 32
2 1 lkj 222b 11
2 2 poi 231g 88
END DATA.

vector ndept(9a4).
vector ncours(9a4).
vector ngrad(9f8.0).
compute ndept(sequence)=dept.
compute ncours(sequence)=course.
compute ngrad(sequence)=ngrade.
aggregate
/outfile=*
/break=permnum
/ndept1 to ndept9 = max(ndept1 to ndept9)
/ncours1 to ncours9 = max(ncours1 to ncours9)
/ngrad1 to ngrad9 = max(ngrad1 to ngrad9).
execute.

* Order variables as follows: permnum ndept1 ncours1 ngrad1 ndept2 etc.
STRING a b c (A8).
DO IF $casenum=1.
WRITE OUTFILE='c:\\temp\\temp.sps' 
 /'MATCH FILES FILE=* /KEEP=permnum'.
LOOP #cnt=1 TO 9.
COMPUTE a=CONCAT('ndept',LTRIM(STRING(#cnt,F8.0))).
COMPUTE b=CONCAT('ncours',LTRIM(STRING(#cnt,F8.0))).
COMPUTE c=CONCAT('ngrad',LTRIM(STRING(#cnt,F8.0))).
WRITE OUTFILE='c:\\temp\\temp.sps' 
 /" " a " " b " " c.
END LOOP. 
WRITE OUTFILE='c:\\temp\\temp.sps' 
 /". ".
END IF.
EXECUTE.
INCLUDE FILE='c:\\temp\\temp.sps' .