How can I loop through variables in SPSS? I want to avoid code duplication

Question

Is there a \"native\" SPSS way to loop through some variable names? All I want to do is take a list of variables (that I define) and run the same procedure for them:

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Answer 1

How can do this stata sintxis for spss.

foreach var of varlist  pob_multi pob_multimod pob_multiex vul_car vul_ing nopob_nov espacio carencias carencias_3 ic_rezedu ic_asalud ic_ss  ic_cv  ic_sbv ic_ali  pobex pob  {
    tabstat `var' [w=factor] if pob_multi!=., stats(mean) save
    matrix define `var'_pp =(r(StatTotal))
    matrix rownames `var'_pp = `var'_pp
}

matrix tabla1 = (pob_multi_pp \ pob_multimod_pp \ pob_multiex_pp \ vul_car_pp \ vul_ing_pp \ nopob_nov_pp \ espacio_pp \ carencias_pp \ carencias_3_pp \ espacio_pp \ ic_rezedu_pp\ ic_asalud_pp \ ic_ss_pp \ ic_cv_pp \ ic_sbv_pp\ ic_ali_pp \ espacio_pp \ pobex_pp \ pob_pp   )
matrix list tabla1

thanks.