+static size_t
+get_n_rows (size_t n_variables, size_t *v_variables[])
+{
+ size_t i;
+ size_t result = 0;
+ for (i = 0; i < n_variables; i++)
+ {
+ if (var_is_numeric (v_variables[i]))
+ {
+ result++;
+ }
+ else if (var_is_alpha (v_variables[i]))
+ {
+ size_t n_categories = cat_get_n_categories (v_variables[i]);
+ result += n_categories - 1;
+ }
+ }
+ return result;
+}