for summarizing case contents.
The OUTFILE subcommand is required and must appear first. Specify a
-system file, portable file, or scratch file by file name or file
-handle (@pxref{File Handles}).
+system file or portable file by file name or file
+handle (@pxref{File Handles}), or a dataset by its name
+(@pxref{Datasets}).
The aggregated cases are written to this file. If @samp{*} is
specified, then the aggregated cases replace the active dataset's data.
-Use of OUTFILE to write a portable file or scratch file is a PSPP extension.
+Use of OUTFILE to write a portable file is a PSPP extension.
If OUTFILE=@samp{*} is given, then the subcommand MODE may also be
specified.
[ /DESCENDING ]
[ /PRINT ]
[ /GROUP ]
+ [ /BLANK = @{VALID, MISSING@} ]
@end display
The @cmd{AUTORECODE} procedure considers the @var{n} values that a variable
recoded. It causes a single mapping between source and target values to
be used, instead of one map per variable.
+If /BLANK=MISSING is given, then string variables which contain only
+whitespace are recoded as SYSMIS. If /BLANK=VALID is given then they
+will be allocated a value like any other. /BLANK is not relevant
+to numeric values. /BLANK=VALID is the default.
+
@cmd{AUTORECODE} is a procedure. It causes the data to be read.
@node COMPUTE