X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fvariables.texi;fp=doc%2Fvariables.texi;h=68a996681d1db8830c4d256ab65c15ff2d701947;hb=4dc6293d51b59324286be41465587a72f133ea0b;hp=00a02be61341bb3047b4bf8431cff278c8508808;hpb=58a6b6748e5bc4e01f83960db505add573d336f2;p=pspp diff --git a/doc/variables.texi b/doc/variables.texi index 00a02be613..68a996681d 100644 --- a/doc/variables.texi +++ b/doc/variables.texi @@ -452,11 +452,16 @@ VALUE LABELS /@var{var_list} @var{value} '@var{label}' [@var{value} '@var{label}']@dots{} @end display -@cmd{VALUE LABELS} allows values of numeric and short string +@cmd{VALUE LABELS} allows values of variables to be associated with labels. In this way, a short value can -stand for a long value. +stand for a longer, more descriptive label. -To set up value labels for a set of variables, specify the +Both numeric and string variables can be given labels. For string +variables, the values are case-sensitive, so that, for example, a +capitalized value and its lowercase variant would have to be labeled +separately if both are present in the data. + +To set up value labels for one or more variables, specify the variable names after a slash (@samp{/}), followed by a list of values and their associated labels, separated by spaces.