* VALUE LABELS:: Set value labels for variables.
* STRING:: Create new string variables.
* VARIABLE LABELS:: Set variable labels for variables.
+* VARIABLE ALIGNMENT:: Set the alignment for display.
+* VARIABLE WIDTH:: Set the display width.
+* VARIABLE LEVEL:: Set the measurement level.
* VECTOR:: Declare an array of variables.
* WRITE FORMATS:: Set variable write formats.
@end menu
@end display
@cmd{FORMATS} set both print and write formats for the specified
-variables to the specified format specification. @xref{Input/Output
-Formats}.
+numeric 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
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/Output
+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
@end display
@cmd{PRINT FORMATS} sets the print formats for the specified
-variables to the specified format specification.
+numeric 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.
Specify a slash (@samp{/}), followed by the names of the string
variables to create and the desired output format specification in
-parentheses (@pxref{Input/Output Formats}). Variable widths are
+parentheses (@pxref{Input and Output Formats}). Variable widths are
implicitly derived from the specified output formats.
Created variables are initialized to spaces.
-@node VARIABLE LABELS, VECTOR, STRING, Variable Attributes
+
+@node VARIABLE LABELS, VARIABLE ALIGNMENT, STRING, Variable Attributes
@section VARIABLE LABELS
@vindex VARIABLE LABELS
@display
VARIABLE LABELS
- /var_list 'var_label'.
+ var_list 'var_label'
+ [ /var_list 'var_label']
+ .
+ .
+ .
+ [ /var_list 'var_label']
@end display
@cmd{VARIABLE LABELS} associates explanatory names
with variables. This name, called a @dfn{variable label}, is displayed by
statistical procedures.
-To assign a variable label to a group of variables, specify a slash
-(@samp{/}), followed by the list of variable names and the variable
-label as a string.
+To assign a variable label to a group of variables, specify a
+list of variable names and the variable label as a string.
+To assign different labels to different variables in the same command,
+preceed the subsequent variable list with a slash (@samp{/}).
+
+
+@node VARIABLE ALIGNMENT, VARIABLE WIDTH, VARIABLE LABELS, Variable Attributes
+@comment node-name, next, previous, u
+@section VARIABLE ALIGNMENT
+@vindex VARIABLE ALIGNMENT
+
+@display
+VARIABLE ALIGNMENT
+ var_list ( LEFT | RIGHT | CENTER )
+ [ /var_list ( LEFT | RIGHT | CENTER ) ]
+ .
+ .
+ .
+ [ /var_list ( LEFT | RIGHT | CENTER ) ]
+@end display
+
+@cmd{VARIABLE ALIGNMENT} sets the alignment of variables for display editing
+purposes. This only has effect for third party software. It does not affect
+the display of variables in the PSPP output.
+
+
-@node VECTOR, WRITE FORMATS, VARIABLE LABELS, Variable Attributes
+
+@node VARIABLE WIDTH, VARIABLE LEVEL, VARIABLE ALIGNMENT, Variable Attributes
+@comment node-name, next, previous, up
+@section VARIABLE WIDTH
+@vindex VARIABLE WIDTH
+@display
+VARIABLE WIDTH
+ var_list (width)
+ [ /var_list (width) ]
+ .
+ .
+ .
+ [ /var_list (width) ]
+@end display
+
+@cmd{VARIABLE WIDTH} sets the column width of variables for display editing
+purposes. This only affects third party software. It does not affect
+the display of variables in the PSPP output.
+
+
+@node VARIABLE LEVEL, VECTOR, VARIABLE WIDTH, Variable Attributes
+@comment node-name, next, previous, up
+@section VARIABLE LEVEL
+@vindex VARIABLE LEVEL
+@display
+VARIABLE LEVEL
+ var_list ( SCALE | NOMINAL | ORDINAL )
+ [ /var_list ( SCALE | NOMINAL | ORDINAL ) ]
+ .
+ .
+ .
+ [ /var_list ( SCALE | NOMINAL | ORDINAL ) ]
+@end display
+
+@cmd{VARIABLE LEVEL} sets the measurement level of variables.
+Currently, this has no effect except for certain third party software.
+
+
+@node VECTOR, WRITE FORMATS, VARIABLE LEVEL, Variable Attributes
@section VECTOR
@vindex VECTOR
more vector names followed by a count in parentheses. This will cause
variables named @code{@var{vec}1} through @code{@var{vec}@var{count}}
to be created as numeric variables with print and write format F8.2.
-Variable names including numeric suffixes may not exceed 8 characters
+Variable names including numeric suffixes may not exceed 64 characters
in length, and none of the variables may exist prior to @cmd{VECTOR}.
All the variables in a vector must be the same type.
Variables within a vector may be referenced in expressions using
@code{vector(index)} syntax.
+
+
+
@node WRITE FORMATS, , VECTOR, Variable Attributes
@section WRITE FORMATS
@vindex WRITE FORMATS
WRITE FORMATS var_list (fmt_spec).
@end display
-@cmd{WRITE FORMATS} sets the write formats for the specified variables
+@cmd{WRITE FORMATS} sets the write formats for the specified numeric
+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.
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