Dann musst Du das womöglich ganz krude machen:
COMPUTE zaehlvar = 0.
EXECUTE .
IF(CHAR.INDEX(ops_ko1,"8980") = 1) zaehlvar = zaehlvar+1 .
EXECUTE .
IF(CHAR.INDEX(ops_ko2,"8980") = 1) zaehlvar = zaehlvar + 1 .
EXECUTE .
IF(CHAR.INDEX(ops_ko3,"8980") = 1) zaehlvar = zaehlvar + 1 .
EXECUTE .
...
IF(CHAR.INDEX(ops_ko101,"8980") = 1) zaehlvar = zaehlvar + 1 .
EXECUTE .