-@node NUMERIC
-@section NUMERIC
-@vindex NUMERIC
-
-@display
-NUMERIC /var_list [(fmt_spec)].
-@end display
-
-@cmd{NUMERIC} explicitly declares new numeric variables, optionally
-setting their output formats.
-
-Specify a slash (@samp{/}), followed by the names of the new numeric
-variables. If you wish to set their output formats, follow their names
-by an output format specification in parentheses (@pxref{Input and Output
-Formats}); otherwise, the default is F8.2.
-
-Variables created with @cmd{NUMERIC} are initialized to the
-system-missing value.
-