SPSS for loop based on a variable - loops

Question

I'm just learning SPSS and I want to do simple subgroup analysis based on a variable "status" I created which can take values from 0 to 8. I would like to print outputs in one go.
this is the pseudocode for what I want to do:
for( i = 1, i = 8, i++)
{
filter by (ststus = i)
display analysis
remove filter
}
That way I can do it all in one go but also i can add to the analysis code and do something easily for the 8 subgroups.
I don't know if it's relevant but here is the code I want to iterate over currently:
USE ALL.
COMPUTE filter_$=(Workforce EQ 1 AND SurveySample = 1 AND State = 1).
VARIABLE LABELS filter_$ 'Workforce EQ 1 (FILTER)'.
> VALUE LABELS filter_$ 0 'Not Selected' 1 'Selected'. FORMATS filter_$
> (f1.0). FILTER BY filter_$. EXECUTE.
>
>
> FREQUENCIES VARIABLES = Q86 Q33 Q34 Q88 FSEScore /BARCHART FREQ
> /ORDER=ANALYSIS.
>
> CROSSTABS /TABLES=FSEScore BY Q86 /FORMAT=AVALUE TABLES
> /CELLS=ROW /COUNT ROUND CELL.
>
> FILTER OFF. USE ALL.
Thanks guys.

Answer 1

split file command may solve the problem - it causes your analysis reports to show results for each category of your split variable separately:
*run your transformations.
sort cases by status.
split file by status.
FREQUENCIES .....
CROSSTABS ....
split file off.
If this is not enough, you can use a macro to run through "status" categories:
first define the macro:
define MyMacro ()
!do !ST=1 !to 8
* filter commands using **status = !ST**
* transformations using **status = !ST**
FREQUENCIES .....
CROSSTABS ....
!doend
!enddefine.
now call your macro:
MyMacro .

Answer 2

this is probably a very getto way of doing this, the suggestion above is probably more sensible.
You can initialise Python is spss. The following code works:
begin program.
import spss
for i in xrange(1,8):
string = str(i)
spss.Submit("""
USE ALL.
COMPUTE filter_$=(Workforce EQ 1 AND SurveySample = 1 AND Status = %s).
VARIABLE LABELS filter_$ 'Workforce EQ 1 (FILTER)'.
VALUE LABELS filter_$ 0 'Not Selected' 1 'Selected'.
FORMATS filter_$ (f1.0).
FILTER BY filter_$.
EXECUTE.
#analysis as required
FREQUENCIES VARIABLES = Q86
/BARCHART FREQ
/ORDER=ANALYSIS.
"""%(' '.join(string)) )
end program.
Many thanks to eli-k I probably should have just used splitfile.