@item Transformations
@cindex transformations
Perform operations on data and write data to output files. Transformations
-are not carried out until a procedure is executed.
+are not carried out until a procedure is executed.
@item Restricted transformations
@cindex restricted transformations
Valid in any state.
@item
When executed in the initial or procedure state, causes a transition to
-the transformation state.
+the transformation state.
@item
Clears the active dataset if executed in the procedure or transformation
state.
@item
Invalid in input-program and file-type states.
@item
-Causes a transition to the intput-program state.
+Causes a transition to the intput-program state.
@item
Clears the active dataset.
@end itemize
most of the time, the distinction between print and write formats is
unimportant.
-Input and output formats are specified to @pspp{} with
+Input and output formats are specified to @pspp{} with
a @dfn{format specification} of the
form @subcmd{@var{TYPE}@var{w}} or @code{TYPE@var{w}.@var{d}}, where
@var{TYPE} is one of the format types described later, @var{w} is a
by @pspp{}.
@menu
-* Basic Numeric Formats::
-* Custom Currency Formats::
-* Legacy Numeric Formats::
-* Binary and Hexadecimal Numeric Formats::
-* Time and Date Formats::
-* Date Component Formats::
-* String Formats::
+* Basic Numeric Formats::
+* Custom Currency Formats::
+* Legacy Numeric Formats::
+* Binary and Hexadecimal Numeric Formats::
+* Time and Date Formats::
+* Date Component Formats::
+* String Formats::
@end menu
@node Basic Numeric Formats
@display
SET CC@var{x}=@t{"}@var{string}@t{"}.
@end display
-@noindent
+@noindent
where @var{x} is A, B, C, D, or E, and @var{string} is no more than 16
characters long.
For output, the date and time formats use the delimiters indicated in
the table. For input, date components may be separated by spaces or by
one of the characters @samp{-}, @samp{/}, @samp{.}, or @samp{,}, and
-time components may be separated by spaces, @samp{:}, or @samp{.}. On
+time components may be separated by spaces or @samp{:}. On
input, the @samp{Q} separating quarter from year and the @samp{WK}
separating week from year may be uppercase or lowercase, and the spaces
around them are optional.
@float
@multitable {DATETIME} {Min. Input Width} {Min. Output Width} {4-digit year}
-@headitem Format @tab Min. Input Width @tab Min. Output Width @tab Option
+@headitem Format @tab Min. Input Width @tab Min. Output Width @tab Option
@item DATE @tab 8 @tab 9 @tab 4-digit year
@item ADATE @tab 8 @tab 8 @tab 4-digit year
@item EDATE @tab 8 @tab 8 @tab 4-digit year
@item DTIME @tab 8 @tab 8 @tab seconds
@end multitable
@end float
-@noindent
+@noindent
In the table, ``Option'' describes what increased output width enables:
@table @asis
@c What about out-of-range values?
The system-missing value is output as a period at the right end of the
-field.
+field.
@node Date Component Formats
@subsubsection Date Component Formats
However, sometimes it's useful to have a variable that keeps its value
between cases. You can do this with @cmd{LEAVE} (@pxref{LEAVE}), or you can
use a @dfn{scratch variable}. Scratch variables are variables whose
-names begin with an octothorpe (@samp{#}).
+names begin with an octothorpe (@samp{#}).
Scratch variables have the same properties as variables left with
@cmd{LEAVE}: they retain their values between cases, and for the first
@section File Handles
@cindex file handles
-A @dfn{file handle} is a reference to a data file, system file, or
+A @dfn{file handle} is a reference to a data file, system file, or
portable file. Most often, a file handle is specified as the
name of a file as a string, that is, enclosed within @samp{'} or
@samp{"}.
@cindex @code{.}
@item @code{.}
The end of the command. This is not necessarily an actual dot in the
-syntax file: @xref{Commands}, for more details.
+syntax file (@pxref{Commands}).
@end table
@item
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