HI or HIGHEST may take the place of num2.
@end display
-@cmd{MISSING VALUES} sets user-missing values for numeric and
-short string variables. Long string variables may not have missing
-values.
+@cmd{MISSING VALUES} sets user-missing values for numeric and string
+variables. Long string variables may have missing values, but
+characters after the first 8 bytes of the missing value must be
+spaces.
Specify a list of variables, followed by a list of their user-missing
values in parentheses. Up to three discrete values may be given, or,
To set up value labels for a set of variables, specify the
variable names after a slash (@samp{/}), followed by a list of values
-and their associated labels, separated by spaces. Long string
-variables may not be specified.
+and their associated labels, separated by spaces.
Before @cmd{VALUE LABELS} is executed, any existing value labels
are cleared from the variables specified. Use @cmd{ADD VALUE LABELS}