Continuous Scale
@end table
-SPSS 14 sometimes writes a @code{measure} of 0. PSPP interprets this
-as nominal scale.
+SPSS 14 sometimes writes a @code{measure} of 0 for string variables.
+PSPP interprets this as nominal scale.
@item int32 width;
The width of the display column for the variable in characters.
In record type 18, this field contains a sequence of one or more
variable attribute sets. If more than one variable attribute set is
present, each one after the first is delimited from the previous by
-@code{/}. Each variable attribute set consists of a variable name,
+@code{/}. Each variable attribute set consists of a (potentially
+long) variable name,
followed by @code{:}, followed by an attribute set with the same
syntax as on record type 17.