X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=doc%2Fcombining.texi;h=ee2934a2b29cc4a1dd5b2512104c2342dce8ffba;hb=705c387fce174567cf17d01bf00625de103496d0;hp=3b4eb902e049eeae669752b7a5cd2c6299d70b96;hpb=e8b26fb0d765310d4c7400c39465008f1bb8601d;p=pspp diff --git a/doc/combining.texi b/doc/combining.texi index 3b4eb902e0..ee2934a2b2 100644 --- a/doc/combining.texi +++ b/doc/combining.texi @@ -315,14 +315,14 @@ case in the master file: @itemize @bullet @item When a match is found, then the values of the variables present in the -transaction file replace those variable's values in the new active +transaction file replace those variables' values in the new active file. If there are matching cases in more than more transaction file, @pspp{} applies the replacements from the first transaction file, then from the second transaction file, and so on. Similarly, if a single transaction file has cases with duplicate @subcmd{BY} values, then those are applied in order to the master file. -When a variable in a transaction file has a missing value or a string +When a variable in a transaction file has a missing value or when a string variable's value is all blanks, that value is never used to update the master file.