*(Q) How can I get automatically compute the variable "newvar" in the table below? *(A) Posted to SPSSX-L list by rlevesque@videotron.ca on 2002/11/04. DATA LIST LIST /v1 v2 v3 v4 newvar. BEGIN DATA. 1 2 . 4 124 1 . 3 . 13 . 2 . . 2 1 2 3 . 123 . . 3 . 3 1 2 . 4 124 END DATA. LIST. * first method (LOOP). VECTOR v=v1 TO v4. COMPUTE newvar2=0. LOOP #cnt=1 TO 4. IF ~MISSING(v(#cnt)) newvar2=newvar2*10 + v(#cnt). END LOOP. * second method (DO REPEAT). COMPUTE newvar3=0. DO REPEAT v=v1 TO v4. IF ~MISSING(v) newvar3=newvar3*10 + v. END REPEAT. EXECUTE.