From 8e3c14220b198a006a1880c7fd831f3362c53a40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Darrington Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 09:50:34 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added a note about SPLIT requiring adjacent cases. --- doc/ChangeLog | 3 +++ doc/data-selection.texi | 6 +++++- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index 13497e4a..28361d83 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,6 @@ +Fri Nov 5 17:46:46 WST 2004 John Darrington + + * Added a note to the about SPLIT requiring adjecent cases. Sat Oct 30 17:32:53 WST 2004 John Darrington diff --git a/doc/data-selection.texi b/doc/data-selection.texi index 32914f04..c20337ae 100644 --- a/doc/data-selection.texi +++ b/doc/data-selection.texi @@ -222,11 +222,15 @@ file to be analyzed separately using single statistical procedure commands. Specify a list of variable names to analyze multiple sets of -data separately. Groups of cases having the same values for these +data separately. Groups of adjacent cases having the same values for these variables are analyzed by statistical procedure commands as one group. An independent analysis is carried out for each group of cases, and the variable values for the group are printed along with the analysis. +Groups are formed only by @emph{adjacent} cases. To create a split +using a variable where like values are not adjacent in the working file, +you should first sort the data by that variable (@pxref{SORT CASES}). + Specify OFF to disable @cmd{SPLIT FILE} and resume analysis of the entire active file as a single group of data. -- 2.30.2