-@node Language, Expressions, Invocation, Top
+@node Language
@chapter The PSPP language
@cindex language, PSPP
@cindex PSPP, language
* BNF:: How command syntax is described.
@end menu
-@node Tokens, Commands, Language, Language
+@node Tokens
@section Tokens
@cindex language, lexical analysis
@cindex language, tokens
the default setting is in effect.
@end table
-@node Commands, Types of Commands, Tokens, Language
+@node Commands
@section Forming commands of tokens
@cindex PSPP, command structure
which allows for visual indentation of a command without that command
being considered part of the previous command.
-@node Types of Commands, Order of Commands, Commands, Language
+@node Types of Commands
@section Types of Commands
Commands in PSPP are divided roughly into six categories:
active file (the data) to be read.
@end table
-@node Order of Commands, Missing Observations, Types of Commands, Language
+@node Order of Commands
@section Order of Commands
@cindex commands, ordering
@cindex order of commands
@end itemize
@end table
-@node Missing Observations, Variables, Order of Commands, Language
+@node Missing Observations
@section Handling missing observations
@cindex missing values
@cindex values, missing
documentation on individual procedures for information on how they
handle missing values.
-@node Variables, Files, Missing Observations, Language
+@node Variables
@section Variables
@cindex variables
@cindex dictionary
* Scratch Variables:: Variables deleted by procedures.
@end menu
-@node Attributes, System Variables, Variables, Variables
+@node Attributes
@subsection Attributes of Variables
@cindex variables, attributes of
@cindex attributes of variables
(@pxref{WRITE}).
@end table
-@node System Variables, Sets of Variables, Attributes, Variables
+@node System Variables
@subsection Variables Automatically Defined by PSPP
@cindex system variables
@cindex variables, system
Page width, in characters, in format F3.
@end table
-@node Sets of Variables, Input and Output Formats, System Variables, Variables
+@node Sets of Variables
@subsection Lists of variable names
@cindex @code{TO} convention
@cindex convention, @code{TO}
another command with this method, the same set can be referenced on
later commands using the same syntax.
-@node Input and Output Formats, Scratch Variables, Sets of Variables, Variables
+@node Input and Output Formats
@subsection Input and Output Formats
@cindex formats
input, uppercase and lowercase are both accepted. The default output
format is A format with half the input width.
-@node Scratch Variables, , Input and Output Formats, Variables
+@node Scratch Variables
@subsection Scratch Variables
@cindex scratch variables