Is there a way of extending a command in the EpiData Entry CHK file beyond a single line? In my example below I've got around the problem by using nested IF... THENs but there may be another way. For instance in Stata a command can be extended over multiple lines by ending each line with ///.
admit1mon
AFTER ENTRY
IF (admit1mon<>"JAN") AND (admit1mon<>"FEB") AND (admit1mon<>"MAR") AND (admit1mon<>"APR") AND (admit1mon<>"MAY") AND admit1mon<>"JUN") THEN
IF (admit1mon<>"JUL") AND (admit1mon<>"AUG") AND (admit1mon<>"SEP") AND (admit1mon<>"OCT") AND (admit1mon<>"NOV") AND (admit1mon<>"DEC") THEN
HELP "Month is a 3 character field, e.g. JAN, FEB, etc" TYPE=ERROR
GOTO admit1mon
CLEAR admit1mon
ENDIF
ENDIF
END
END
Cheers,
Suzanna Vidmar Senior Research Officer Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute Royal Children's Hospital Flemington Road Parkville Victoria 3052 Australia
telephone: +61 3 9345 6372 facsimile: +61 3 9345 6000 email: suzanna.vidmar@mcri.edu.au www.mcri.edu.au http://www.mcri.edu.au/