Dear Juergen, this is right, the SPSS-Export doesn't work right. The used SPSS- Command "data list" is a lit bit out of date and could not handle qualifiers for Textvariables.

This is a workaround: Do the SPSS-Export. Afterwards do a second export, the "CSV-Export", and overwrite the existing file. In the Specifications for the CSV-Export you can disable/delete the Quote Character. Greetings Michael

Am 15.12.2020 10:08 schrieb EpiData development and support:

Dear all,

I have a little problem with the SPSS-Export of the Epidata-Files. When you export string variables, you can specify the variable delimiter (e.g. "|") but not the text delimiter. The result is a csv file, that is imported in SPSS with quotation marks at the start and the end of every string variable, even if the variable is empty. I found no way to delete these quotation marks during the spss import process except with a quite complicated macro.

Is it possible to change the SPSS export?

Kind Regards,

Juergen Spiegel

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