X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Ffiles.texi;h=617f4faadb00513d656202e283358417fe69dc45;hb=1b5c2d8fe129a5f8db76c42250a9c199deccb773;hp=6b3a78c75b6d6f5c0aa25943830d8320956f62b0;hpb=63ae14f7f555727026138e1668e6cf91a9046bc0;p=pspp diff --git a/doc/files.texi b/doc/files.texi index 6b3a78c75b..617f4faadb 100644 --- a/doc/files.texi +++ b/doc/files.texi @@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ GET DATA /TYPE=TXT [ENCODING='@var{encoding}'] [/ARRANGEMENT=@{DELIMITED,FIXED@}] [/FIRSTCASE=@{@var{first_case}@}] - [/IMPORTCASE=@{ALL,FIRST @var{max_cases},PERCENT @var{percent}@}] + [/IMPORTCASES=...] @dots{}additional subcommands depending on ARRANGEMENT@dots{} @end display @@ -398,19 +398,13 @@ line. To skip lines at the beginning of an input file, set @subcmd{FIRSTCASE} to the number of the first line to read: 2 to skip the first line, 3 to skip the first two lines, and so on. -@subcmd{IMPORTCASE} can be used to limit the number of cases read from the -input file. With the default setting, ALL, all cases in the file are -read. Specify FIRST @var{max_cases} to read at most @var{max_cases} cases -from the file. Use @subcmd{PERCENT @var{percent}} to read only @var{percent} -percent, approximately, of the cases contained in the file. (The -percentage is approximate, because there is no way to accurately count -the number of cases in the file without reading the entire file. The -number of cases in some kinds of unusual files cannot be estimated; -@pspp{} will read all cases in such files.) - -@subcmd{FIRSTCASE} and @subcmd{IMPORTCASE} may be used with delimited and fixed-format -data. The remaining subcommands, which apply only to one of the two file -arrangements, are described below. +@subcmd{IMPORTCASES} is ignored, for compatibility. Use @cmd{N OF +CASES} to limit the number of cases read from a file (@pxref{N OF +CASES}), or @cmd{SAMPLE} to obtain a random sample of cases +(@pxref{SAMPLE}). + +The remaining subcommands apply only to one of the two file +arrangements, described below. @menu * GET DATA /TYPE=TXT /ARRANGEMENT=DELIMITED::