@c PSPP - a program for statistical analysis.
-@c Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 2017, 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@c under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3
@c or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
Returns the number produced when @var{string} is interpreted according
to format specifier @var{format}. If the format width @var{w} is less
than the length of @var{string}, then only the first @var{w}
-characters in @var{string} are used, e.g.@: @code{NUMBER("123", F3.0)}
+characters in @var{string} are used, @i{e.g.}@: @code{NUMBER("123", F3.0)}
and @code{NUMBER("1234", F3.0)} both have value 123. If @var{w} is
greater than @var{string}'s length, then it is treated as if it were
right-padded with spaces. If @var{string} is not in the correct