From 0280721550011ce14d0632f547746ea03e966bf7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Pfaff Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 02:16:10 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Improve CROSSTABS description --- doc/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ doc/pspp.texi | 14 ++++++++++---- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index 3c70bf04..b9cf67aa 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +Wed Feb 18 18:15:48 2004 Ben Pfaff + + * Improve CROSSTABS description + Wed Feb 18 21:50:36 WST 2004 John Darrington * Added a section on T-TEST diff --git a/doc/pspp.texi b/doc/pspp.texi index 582692e8..6d325c51 100644 --- a/doc/pspp.texi +++ b/doc/pspp.texi @@ -7696,17 +7696,23 @@ The TABLES subcommand is used to specify the tables to be reported. Any number of dimensions is permitted, and any number of variables per dimension is allowed. The TABLES subcommand may be repeated as many times as needed. This is the only required subcommand in @dfn{general -mode}. +mode}. Occasionally, one may want to invoke a special mode called @dfn{integer -mode}. Normally, in general mode, PSPP will automatically determine +mode}. Normally, in general mode, PSPP automatically determines what values occur in the data. In integer mode, the user specifies the range of values that the data assumes. To invoke this mode, specify the VARIABLES subcommand, giving a range of data values in parentheses for each variable to be used on the TABLES subcommand. Data values inside the range are truncated to the nearest integer, then assigned to that value. If values occur outside this range, they are discarded. When it -is present, the VARIABLES subcommand must precede the TABLES subcommand. +is present, the VARIABLES subcommand must precede the TABLES +subcommand. + +In general mode, numeric and string variables may be specified on +TABLES. Although long string variables are allowed, only their +initial short-string parts are used. In integer mode, only numeric +variables are allowed. The MISSING subcommand determines the handling of user-missing values. When set to TABLE, the default, missing values are dropped on a table by @@ -7716,7 +7722,7 @@ integer mode, user-missing values are included in tables but marked with an @samp{M} (for ``missing'') and excluded from statistical calculations. -Currently the WRITE subcommand is not used. +Currently the WRITE subcommand is ignored. The FORMAT subcommand controls the characteristics of the crosstabulation tables to be displayed. It has a number of possible -- 2.30.2