+@node CTABLES
+@section CTABLES
+
+@vindex CTABLES
+@cindex custom tables
+@cindex tables, custom
+
+@code{CTABLES} has the following overall syntax. At least one
+@code{TABLE} subcommand is required:
+
+@display
+@t{CTABLES}
+ @dots{}@i{global subcommands}@dots{}
+ [@t{/TABLE} @i{axis} [@t{BY} @i{axis} [@t{BY} @i{axis}]]
+ @dots{}@i{per-table subcommands}@dots{}]@dots{}
+@end display
+
+@noindent
+where each @i{axis} may be empty or take one of the following forms:
+
+@display
+@i{variable}
+@i{variable} @t{[}@{@t{C} @math{|} @t{S}@}@t{]}
+@i{axis} + @i{axis}
+@i{axis} > @i{axis}
+(@i{axis})
+@i{axis} @t{(}@i{summary} [@i{string}] [@i{format}]@t{)}
+@end display
+
+The following subcommands precede the first @code{TABLE} subcommand
+and apply to all of the output tables. All of these subcommands are
+optional:
+
+@display
+@t{/FORMAT}
+ [@t{MINCOLWIDTH=}@{@t{DEFAULT} @math{|} @i{width}@}]
+ [@t{MAXCOLWIDTH=}@{@t{DEFAULT} @math{|} @i{width}@}]
+ [@t{UNITS=}@{@t{POINTS} @math{|} @t{INCHES} @math{|} @t{CM}@}]
+ [@t{EMPTY=}@{@t{ZERO} @math{|} @t{BLANK} @math{|} @i{string}@}]
+ [@t{MISSING=}@i{string}]
+@t{/VLABELS}
+ @t{VARIABLES=}@i{variables}
+ @t{DISPLAY}=@{@t{DEFAULT} @math{|} @t{NAME} @math{|} @t{LABEL} @math{|} @t{BOTH} @math{|} @t{NONE}@}
+@t{/MRSETS COUNTDUPLICATES=}@{@t{YES} @math{|} @t{NO}@}
+@t{/SMISSING} @{@t{VARIABLE} @math{|} @t{LISTWISE}@}
+@t{/PCOMPUTE} @t{&}@i{category}@t{=EXPR(}@i{expression}@t{)}
+@t{/PPROPERTIES} @t{&}@i{category}@dots{}
+ [@t{LABEL=}@i{string}]
+ [@t{FORMAT=}[@i{summary} @i{format}]@dots{}]
+ [@t{HIDESOURCECATS=}@{@t{NO} @math{|} @t{YES}@}
+@t{/WEIGHT VARIABLE=}@i{variable}
+@t{/HIDESMALLCOUNTS COUNT=@i{count}}
+@end display
+
+The following subcommands follow @code{TABLE} and apply only to the
+previous @code{TABLE}. All of these subcommands are optional:
+
+@display
+@t{/SLABELS}
+ [@t{POSITION=}@{@t{COLUMN} @math{|} @t{ROW} @math{|} @t{LAYER}@}]
+ [@t{VISIBLE=}@{@t{YES} @math{|} @t{NO}@}]
+@t{/CLABELS} @{@t{AUTO} @math{|} @{@t{ROWLABELS}@math{|}@t{COLLABELS}@}@t{=}@{@t{OPPOSITE}@math{|}@t{LAYER}@}@}
+@t{/CRITERIA CILEVEL=}@i{percentage}
+@t{/CATEGORIES} @t{VARIABLES=}@i{variables}
+ @{@t{[}@i{value}@t{,} @i{value}@dots{}@t{]}
+ @math{|} [@t{ORDER=}@{@t{A} @math{|} @t{D}@}]
+ [@t{KEY=}@{@t{VALUE} @math{|} @t{LABEL} @math{|} @i{summary}@t{(}@i{variable}@t{)}@}]
+ [@t{MISSING=}@{@t{EXCLUDE} @math{|} @t{INCLUDE}@}]@}
+ [@t{TOTAL=}@{@t{NO} @math{|} @t{YES}@} [@t{LABEL=}@i{string}] [@t{POSITION=}@{@t{AFTER} @math{|} @t{BEFORE}@}]]
+ [@t{EMPTY=}@{@t{INCLUDE} @math{|} @t{EXCLUDE}@}]
+@t{/TITLES}
+ [@t{TITLE=}@i{string}@dots{}]
+ [@t{CAPTION=}@i{string}@dots{}]
+ [@t{CORNER=}@i{string}@dots{}]
+@t{/SIGTEST TYPE=CHISQUARE}
+ [@t{ALPHA=}@i{siglevel}]
+ [@t{INCLUDEMRSETS=}@{@t{YES} @math{|} @t{NO}@}]
+ [@t{CATEGORIES=}@{@t{ALLVISIBLE} @math{|} @t{SUBTOTALS}@}]
+@t{/COMPARETEST TYPE=}@{@t{PROP} @math{|} @t{MEAN}@}
+ [@t{ALPHA=}@i{value}[@t{,} @i{value}]]
+ [@t{ADJUST=}@{@t{BONFERRONI} @math{|} @t{BH} @math{|} @t{NONE}@}]
+ [@t{INCLUDEMRSETS=}@{@t{YES} @math{|} @t{NO}@}]
+ [@t{MEANSVARIANCE=}@{@t{ALLCATS} @math{|} @t{TESTEDCATS}@}]
+ [@t{CATEGORIES=}@{@t{ALLVISIBLE} @math{|} @t{SUBTOTALS}@}]
+ [@t{MERGE=}@{@t{NO} @math{|} @t{YES}@}]
+ [@t{STYLE=}@{@t{APA} @math{|} @t{SIMPLE}@}]
+ [@t{SHOWSIG=}@{@t{NO} @math{|} @t{YES}@}]
+@end display
+
+The @code{CTABLES} (aka ``custom tables'') command produces
+multi-dimensional tables from categorical and scale data. It offers
+many options for data summarization and formatting.
+
+This section's examples use data from the 2008 (USA) National Survey
+of Drinking and Driving Attitudes and Behaviors, a public domain data
+set from the (USA) National Highway Traffic Administration and
+available at @url{https://data.transportation.gov}. @pspp{} includes
+this data set, with a slightly modified dictionary, as
+@file{examples/nhtsa.sav}.
+
+@menu
+* CTABLES Basics::
+@end menu
+
+@node CTABLES Basics
+@subsection Basics
+
+The only required subcommand is @code{TABLE}, which specifies the
+variables to include along each axis:
+@display
+@t{/TABLE} @i{rows} [@t{BY} @i{columns} [@t{BY} @i{layers}]]
+@end display
+@noindent
+In @code{TABLE}, each of @var{rows}, @var{columns}, and @var{layers}
+is either empty or an axis expression that specifies one or more
+variables. An axis expression that names a categorical variable
+divides the data into cells according to the values of that variable.
+When all the variables named on @code{TABLE} are categorical, by
+default each cell displays the number of cases that it contains, so
+specifying a single variable yields a frequency table:
+
+@example
+CTABLES /TABLE=AgeGroup.
+@end example
+@psppoutput {ctables1}
+
+@noindent
+Specifying a row and a column categorical variable yields a
+crosstabulation:
+
+@example
+CTABLES /TABLE=AgeGroup BY qns3a.
+@end example
+@psppoutput {ctables2}
+
+@noindent
+The @samp{>} operator nests multiple variables on a single axis, e.g.:
+
+@example
+CTABLES /TABLE qn105ba BY AgeGroup > qns3a.
+@end example
+@psppoutput {ctables3}
+
+@noindent
+The @samp{+} operator allows a single output table to include multiple
+data analyses. With @samp{+}, @code{CTABLES} divides the output table
+into multiple sections, each of which includes an analysis of the full
+data set. For example, the following command separately tabulates age
+group and driving frequency by gender:
+
+@example
+CTABLES /TABLE AgeGroup + qn1 BY qns3a.
+@end example
+@psppoutput {ctables4}
+
+@noindent
+If @samp{+} and @samp{>} are used together, @samp{>} binds more
+tightly. Use parentheses to override operator precedence. Thus:
+
+@example
+CTABLES /TABLE qn26 + qn27 > qns3a.
+CTABLES /TABLE (qn26 + qn27) > qns3a.
+@end example
+@psppoutput {ctables5}