Variables}).
@item ATTRIBUTES
-Datafile and variable attributes are displayed, except that attributes
-whose names begin with @code{@@} or @code{$@@} are omitted.
-
@itemx @@ATTRIBUTES
-All datafile and variable attributes are displayed.
+Datafile and variable attributes are displayed.
+The first form of the command omits those attributes
+whose names begin with @code{@@} or @code{$@@}.
+In the second for, all datafile and variable attributes are displayed.
@end table
With the @code{VECTOR} keyword, @cmd{DISPLAY} lists all the currently
@vindex FORMATS
@display
-FORMATS var_list (fmt_spec).
+FORMATS var_list (fmt_spec) [var_list (fmt_spec)]@dots{}.
@end display
@cmd{FORMATS} set both print and write formats for the specified
-numeric variables to the specified format specification.
+variables to the specified format specification.
@xref{Input and Output Formats}.
Specify a list of variables followed by a format specification in
parentheses. The print and write formats of the specified variables
-will be changed.
+will be changed. All of the variables listed together must have
+the same type and, for string variables, the same width.
-Additional lists of variables and formats may be included if they are
-delimited by a slash (@samp{/}).
+Additional lists of variables and formats may be included following
+the first one.
@cmd{FORMATS} takes effect immediately. It is not affected by
conditional and looping structures such as @cmd{DO IF} or @cmd{LOOP}.
@cmd{MODIFY VARS} may not be specified following @cmd{TEMPORARY}
(@pxref{TEMPORARY}).
-@node NUMERIC
-@section NUMERIC
-@vindex NUMERIC
-
-@display
-NUMERIC /var_list [(fmt_spec)].
-@end display
-
-@cmd{NUMERIC} explicitly declares new numeric variables, optionally
-setting their output formats.
-
-Specify a slash (@samp{/}), followed by the names of the new numeric
-variables. If you wish to set their output formats, follow their names
-by an output format specification in parentheses (@pxref{Input and Output
-Formats}); otherwise, the default is F8.2.
-
-Variables created with @cmd{NUMERIC} are initialized to the
-system-missing value.
-
@node MRSETS
@section MRSETS
@vindex MRSETS
e.g., the @cmd{SAVE} and @cmd{GET} command. Otherwise, multiple
response sets are currently used only by third party software.
+@node NUMERIC
+@section NUMERIC
+@vindex NUMERIC
+
+@display
+NUMERIC /var_list [(fmt_spec)].
+@end display
+
+@cmd{NUMERIC} explicitly declares new numeric variables, optionally
+setting their output formats.
+
+Specify a slash (@samp{/}), followed by the names of the new numeric
+variables. If you wish to set their output formats, follow their names
+by an output format specification in parentheses (@pxref{Input and Output
+Formats}); otherwise, the default is F8.2.
+
+Variables created with @cmd{NUMERIC} are initialized to the
+system-missing value.
+
@node PRINT FORMATS
@section PRINT FORMATS
@vindex PRINT FORMATS
@display
-PRINT FORMATS var_list (fmt_spec).
+PRINT FORMATS var_list (fmt_spec) [var_list (fmt_spec)]@dots{}.
@end display
@cmd{PRINT FORMATS} sets the print formats for the specified
-numeric variables to the specified format specification.
+variables to the specified format specification.
Its syntax is identical to that of @cmd{FORMATS} (@pxref{FORMATS}),
but @cmd{PRINT FORMATS} sets only print formats, not write formats.
variable names after a slash (@samp{/}), followed by a list of values
and their associated labels, separated by spaces.
+Value labels in output are normally broken into lines automatically.
+Put @samp{\n} in a label string to force a line break at that point.
+The label may still be broken into lines at additional points.
+
Before @cmd{VALUE LABELS} is executed, any existing value labels
are cleared from the variables specified. Use @cmd{ADD VALUE LABELS}
(@pxref{ADD VALUE LABELS}) to add value labels without clearing those
@vindex WRITE FORMATS
@display
-WRITE FORMATS var_list (fmt_spec).
+WRITE FORMATS var_list (fmt_spec) [var_list (fmt_spec)]@dots{}.
@end display
-@cmd{WRITE FORMATS} sets the write formats for the specified numeric
-variables
+@cmd{WRITE FORMATS} sets the write formats for the specified variables
to the specified format specification. Its syntax is identical to
that of FORMATS (@pxref{FORMATS}), but @cmd{WRITE FORMATS} sets only
write formats, not print formats.