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If you need to adjust and change typos or even complete Codes and Class structures, INTERACT offers some really helpful routines for that. The most important routines are described in:
oRename Codes, to correct typos and change expressions.
oChange Character Case, to unify your Code syntax.
oMove/combine Codes, to restructure and extend Codes and Classes.
oStructure Behavioral Events, to regroup your data.
Check your data file Content
Checking all corrections in a document is very time consuming. To speed up this process, use the Replace Codes functionality of INTERACT (even if you do not want to replace anything, yet):
▪Click Edit – Find & Replace - Replace in the toolbar.
▪Select the first Class from the pull down menu.
▪Check the contents of the Code drop-down menu.
▪Proceed to the next Class, if all Codes are correct.
If you find an error, you can correct it like this:
Typing errors - If you find a misspelled Code in the pull down menu: |
▪Select the wrong Code and enter the correct code into the field Replace with...
▪Replace the wrong Code, by clicking the Replace button at the bottom of the dialog.
▪For details on this routine, read Rename Codes.
Structural errors - In case you find a Code that should not be in that Class at all, you can correct this as follows: |
▪Click Transform - Codes - Move and Combine .
▪Select the Code(s) to be moved.
▪Enter the name of the Target Class or select it from the list.
▪Activate the option Wipe out source to remove the original data.
▪For further details, read Move / combine codes.
TIP: | Use the command Start - Files - Merge > to create one big compilation file, so you can run your checks over all codings in one pass. Read Merge Data for further details. |