variables are selected for transposition.
The variables specified by NEWNAMES, which must be a string variable, is
-used to give names to the variables created by @cmd{FLIP}. If
+used to give names to the variables created by @cmd{FLIP}. Only the
+first 8 characters of the variable are used. If
NEWNAMES is not
specified then the default is a variable named CASE_LBL, if it exists.
If it does not then the variables created by FLIP are named VAR000
there are no remaining possibilities. If the latter occurs then the
FLIP operation aborts.
-The resultant dictionary contains a CASE_LBL variable, which stores the
-names of the variables in the dictionary before the transposition. If
-the active file is subsequently transposed using @cmd{FLIP}, this
-variable can
-be used to recreate the original variable names.
+The resultant dictionary contains a CASE_LBL variable, a string
+variable of width 8, which stores the names of the variables in the
+dictionary before the transposition. Variables names longer than 8
+characters are truncated. If the active file is subsequently
+transposed using @cmd{FLIP}, this variable can be used to recreate the
+original variable names.
FLIP honors @cmd{N OF CASES} (@pxref{N OF CASES}). It ignores
@cmd{TEMPORARY} (@pxref{TEMPORARY}), so that ``temporary''