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* BREAK:: Exit a loop.
+* DEFINE:: Define a macro.
* DO IF:: Conditionally execute a block of code.
* DO REPEAT:: Textually repeat a code block.
* LOOP:: Repeat a block of code.
@cmd{BREAK} is allowed only inside @cmd{LOOP}@dots{}@cmd{END LOOP}.
@xref{LOOP}, for more details.
+@node DEFINE
+@section DEFINE
+@vindex DEFINE
+@cindex macro
+
+@display
+DEFINE macro_name([argument[/argument]@dots{}])
+@dots{}body@dots{}
+!ENDDEFINE.
+
+Each argument takes the following form:
+ @{!arg_name =,!POSITIONAL@} [!DEFAULT(default)] [!NOEXPAND]
+ @{!TOKENS(count),!CHAREND('token'),!ENCLOSE('start','end'),!CMDEND@}
+
+The following directives may be used within the body:
+ !OFFEXPAND
+ !ONEXPAND
+
+The following functions may be used within the body:
+ !BLANKS(count)
+ !CONCAT(arg@dots{})
+ !EVAL(arg)
+ !HEAD(arg)
+ !INDEX(haystack, needle)
+ !LENGTH(arg)
+ !NULL
+ !QUOTE(arg)
+ !SUBSTR(arg, start[, count])
+ !TAIL(arg)
+ !UNQUOTE(arg)
+ !UPCASE(arg)
+@end display
+
+The DEFINE command defines a macro that can later be called any number
+of times within a syntax file. Each time it is called, the macro's
+body is @dfn{expanded}, that is, substituted, as if the body had been
+written instead of the macro call. A macro may accept arguments,
+whose values are specified at the point of invocation and expanded in
+the body where they are referenced. Macro bodies may also use various
+directives and functions, which are also expanded when the macro is
+called.
+
+Many identifiers associated with macros begin with @samp{!}, a
+character not normally allowed in identifiers. These identifiers are
+reserved only for use with macros, which helps keep them from being
+confused with other kinds of identifiers.
+
+@menu
+* Macro Basics::
+* Macro Arguments::
+* Controlling Macro Expansion::
+* Macro Functions::
+* Macro Settings::
+* Macro Notes::
+@end menu
+
+@node Macro Basics
+@subsection Macro Basics
+
+The simplest macros have no arguments. The following defines a macro
+named @code{!vars} that expands to the variable names @code{v1 v2 v3},
+along with a few example uses. The macro's name begins with @samp{!},
+which is optional for macro names. The @code{()} following the macro
+name are required:
+
+@example
+DEFINE !vars()
+v1 v2 v3
+!ENDDEFINE.
+
+DESCRIPTIVES !vars.
+FREQUENCIES /VARIABLES=!vars.
+@end example
+
+Macros can also expand to entire commands. For example, the following
+example performs the same analyses as the last one:
+
+@example
+DEFINE !commands()
+DESCRIPTIVES v1 v2 v3.
+FREQUENCIES /VARIABLES=v1 v2 v3.
+!ENDDEFINE.
+
+!commands
+@end example
+
+The body of a macro can call another macro. For example, we could
+combine the two preceding examples, with @code{!commands} calling
+@code{!vars} to obtain the variables to analyze. The following shows
+one way that could work:
+
+@example
+DEFINE !commands()
+DESCRIPTIVES !vars.
+FREQUENCIES /VARIABLES=!vars.
+!ENDDEFINE.
+
+DEFINE !vars() v1 v2 v3 !ENDDEFINE.
+!commands
+
+* We can redefine the variables macro to analyze different variables:
+DEFINE !vars() v4 v5 !ENDDEFINE.
+!commands
+@end example
+
+The @code{!commands} macro would be easier to use if it took the
+variables to analyze as an argument rather than through another macro.
+The following section shows how to do that.
+
+@node Macro Arguments
+@subsection Macro Arguments
+
+Macros may take any number of arguments, which are specified within
+the parentheses in the DEFINE command. Arguments come in two
+varieties based on how their values are specified when the macro is
+called:
+
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+A @dfn{positional} argument has a required value that follows the
+macro's name. Use the @code{!POSITIONAL} keyword to declare a
+positional argument.
+
+References to a positional argument in a macro body are numbered:
+@code{!1} is the first positional argument, @code{!2} the second, and
+so on.
+
+The following example uses a positional argument:
+
+@example
+DEFINE !analyze(!POSITIONAL !CMDEND)
+DESCRIPTIVES !1.
+FREQUENCIES /VARIABLES=!1.
+!ENDDEFINE.
+
+!analyze v1 v2 v3.
+!analyze v4 v5.
+@end example
+
+@item
+A @dfn{keyword} argument has a name. In the macro call, its value is
+specified with the syntax @code{@var{name}=@var{value}}. Because of
+the names, keyword argument values may take any order in a macro call.
+If one is omitted, then a default value is used: either the value
+specified in @code{!DEFAULT(@var{value})}, or an empty value
+otherwise.
+
+In declaration and calls, a keyword argument's name may not begin with
+@samp{!}, but references to it in the macro body do start with a
+leading @samp{!}.
+
+The following example uses a keyword argument that defaults to ALL if
+the argument is not assigned a value:
+
+@example
+DEFINE !analyze_kw(vars=!DEFAULT(ALL) !CMDEND)
+DESCRIPTIVES !vars.
+FREQUENCIES /VARIABLES=!vars.
+!ENDDEFINE.
+
+!analyze_kw vars=v1 v2 v3. /* Analyze specified variables.
+!analyze_kw. /* Analyze all variables.
+@end example
+@end itemize
+
+@example
+DEFINE !analyze_kw(vars=!CMDEND)
+DESCRIPTIVES !vars.
+FREQUENCIES /VARIABLES=!vars.
+!ENDDEFINE.
+
+!analyze_kw vars=v1 v2 v3.
+@end example
+
+If a macro has both positional and keyword arguments, then the
+positional arguments must come first in the DEFINE command, and their
+values also come first in macro calls.
+
+Each argument declaration specifies the form of its value:
+
+@table @code
+@item !TOKENS(@var{count})
+Exactly @var{count} tokens, e.g.@: @code{!TOKENS(1)} for a single
+token. Each identifier, number, quoted string, operator, or
+punctuator is a token. @xref{Tokens}, for a complete definition.
+
+The following variant of @code{!analyze_kw} accepts only a single
+variable name (or @code{ALL}) as its argument:
+
+@example
+DEFINE !analyze_one_var(!POSITIONAL !TOKENS(1))
+DESCRIPTIVES !1.
+FREQUENCIES /VARIABLES=!1.
+!ENDDEFINE.
+
+!analyze_one_var v1.
+@end example
+
+@item !CHAREND('@var{token}')
+Any number of tokens up to @var{token}, which should be an operator or
+punctuator token such as @samp{/} or @samp{+}. The @var{token} does
+not become part of the value.
+
+@item !ENCLOSE('@var{start}','@var{end}')
+Any number of tokens enclosed between @var{start} and @var{end}, which
+should each be operator or punctuator tokens. For example, use
+@code{!ENCLOSE('(',')')} for a value enclosed within parentheses.
+(Such a value could never have right parentheses inside it, even
+paired with left parentheses.) The start and end tokens are not part
+of the value.
+
+With the following variant of @code{!analyze_kw}, the variables must
+be specified within parentheses:
+
+@example
+DEFINE !analyze_parens(vars=!ENCLOSE('(',')'))
+DESCRIPTIVES !vars.
+FREQUENCIES /VARIABLES=!vars.
+!ENDDEFINE.
+
+!analyze_parens vars=(v1 v2 v3).
+@end example
+
+@item !CMDEND
+Any number of tokens up to the end of the command. This should be
+used only for the last positional parameter, since it consumes all of
+the tokens in the command calling the macro.
+@end table
+
+By default, when an argument's value contains a macro call, the call
+is expanded each time the argument appears in the macro's body. The
+@code{!NOEXPAND} keyword in an argument declaration suppresses this
+expansion.
+
+@node Controlling Macro Expansion
+@subsection Controlling Macro Expansion
+
+Multiple factors control whether macro calls are expanded in different
+situations. At the highest level, @code{SET MEXPAND} controls whether
+macro calls are expanded. By default, it is enabled. @xref{SET
+MEXPAND}, for details.
+
+A macro body may contain macro calls. By default, these are expanded.
+If a macro body contains @code{!OFFEXPAND} or @code{!ONEXPAND}
+directives, then @code{!OFFEXPAND} disables expansion of macro calls
+until the following @code{!ONEXPAND}.
+
+A macro argument's value may contain a macro call. By default, these
+macro calls are expanded. If the argument was declared with the
+@code{!NOEXPAND} keyword, they are not expanded.
+
+The argument to a macro function is a special context that does not
+expand macro calls. For example, if @code{!vars} is the name of a
+macro, then @code{!LENGTH(!vars)} expands to 5, as does
+@code{!LENGTH(!1)} if positional argument 1 has value @code{!vars}.
+In these cases, use the @code{!EVAL} macro function to expand macros,
+e.g.@: @code{!LENGTH(!EVAL(!vars))} or @code{!LENGTH(!EVAL(!1))}.
+@xref{Macro Functions}, for details.
+
+These rules apply to macro calls. Uses of macro functions and macro
+arguments within a macro body are always expanded.
+
+@node Macro Functions
+@subsection Macro Functions
+
+Macro bodies may manipulate syntax using macro functions. Macro
+functions accept tokens as arguments and expand to sequences of
+characters.
+
+The arguments to macro functions have a restricted form. They may
+only be a single token (such as an identifier or a string), a macro
+argument, or a call to a macro function. Thus, @code{x}, @code{5.0},
+@code{x}, @code{!1}, @code{"5 + 6"}, and @code{!CONCAT(x,y)} are valid
+macro arguments, but @code{x y} and @code{5 + 6} are not.
+
+Macro functions expand to sequences of characters. When these
+character strings are processed further as character strings, e.g.@:
+with @code{!LENGTH}, any character string is valid. When they are
+interpreted as PSPP syntax, e.g.@: when the expansion becomes part of
+a command, they need to be valid for that purpose. For example,
+@code{!UNQUOTE("It's")} will yield an error if the expansion
+@code{It's} becomes part of a PSPP command, because it contains
+unbalanced single quotes, but @code{!LENGTH(!UNQUOTE("It's"))} expands
+to 4.
+
+The following macro functions are available. Each function's
+documentation includes examples in the form @code{@var{call}
+@expansion{} @var{expansion}}.
+
+@deffn {Macro Function} !BLANKS (count)
+Expands to @var{count} unquoted spaces, where @var{count} is a
+nonnegative integer. Outside quotes, any positive number of spaces
+are equivalent; for a quoted string of spaces, use
+@code{!QUOTE(!BLANKS(@var{count}))}.
+
+In the examples below, @samp{_} stands in for a space to make the
+results visible.
+
+@example
+!BLANKS(0) @expansion{} @r{empty}
+!BLANKS(1) @expansion{} _
+!BLANKS(2) @expansion{} __
+!QUOTE(!BLANKS(5)) @expansion{} '_____'
+@end example
+@end deffn
+
+@deffn {Macro Function} !CONCAT (arg@dots{})
+Expands to the concatenation of all of the arguments. Before
+concatenation, each quoted string argument is unquoted, as if
+@code{!UNQUOTE} were applied.
+
+@example
+!CONCAT(x, y) @expansion{} xy
+!CONCAT('x', 'y') @expansion{} xy
+!CONCAT(12, 34) @expansion{} 1234
+!CONCAT(!NULL, 123) @expansion{} 123
+@end example
+@end deffn
+
+@deffn {Macro Function} !EVAL (arg)
+Expands macro calls in @var{arg}. This is especially useful if
+@var{arg} is the name of a macro or a macro argument that expands to
+one, because arguments to macro functions are not expanded by default.
+
+The following examples assume that @code{!vars} is a macro that
+expands to @code{a b c}:
+
+@example
+!vars @expansion{} a b c
+!QUOTE(!vars) @expansion{} '!vars'
+!EVAL(!vars) @expansion{} a b c
+!QUOTE(!EVAL(!vars)) @expansion{} 'a b c'
+@end example
+
+These examples additionally assume that argument @code{!1} has value
+@code{!vars}:
+
+@example
+!1 @expansion{} a b c
+!QUOTE(!1) @expansion{} '!vars'
+!EVAL(!1) @expansion{} a b c
+!QUOTE(!EVAL(!1)) @expansion{} 'a b c'
+@end example
+@end deffn
+
+@deffn {Macro Function} !HEAD (arg)
+@deffnx {Macro Function} !TAIL (arg)
+@code{!HEAD} expands to just the first token in an unquoted version of
+@var{arg}, and @code{!TAIL} to all the tokens after the first.
+
+@example
+!HEAD('a b c') @expansion{} a
+!HEAD('a') @expansion{} a
+!HEAD(!NULL) @expansion{} @r{empty}
+!HEAD('') @expansion{} @r{empty}
+
+!TAIL('a b c') @expansion{} b c
+!TAIL('a') @expansion{} @r{empty}
+!TAIL(!NULL) @expansion{} @r{empty}
+!TAIL('') @expansion{} @r{empty}
+@end example
+@end deffn
+
+@deffn {Macro Function} !INDEX (haystack, needle)
+Looks for @var{needle} in @var{haystack}. If it is present, expands
+to the 1-based index of its first occurrence; if not, expands to 0.
+
+@example
+!INDEX(banana, an) @expansion{} 2
+!INDEX(banana, nan) @expansion{} 3
+!INDEX(banana, apple) @expansion{} 0
+!INDEX("banana", nan) @expansion{} 4
+!INDEX("banana", "nan") @expansion{} 0
+!INDEX(!UNQUOTE("banana"), !UNQUOTE("nan")) @expansion{} 3
+@end example
+@end deffn
+
+@deffn {Macro Function} !LENGTH (arg)
+Expands to a number token representing the number of characters in
+@var{arg}.
+
+@example
+!LENGTH(123) @expansion{} 3
+!LENGTH(123.00) @expansion{} 6
+!LENGTH( 123 ) @expansion{} 3
+!LENGTH("123") @expansion{} 5
+!LENGTH(xyzzy) @expansion{} 5
+!LENGTH("xyzzy") @expansion{} 7
+!LENGTH("xy""zzy") @expansion{} 9
+!LENGTH(!UNQUOTE("xyzzy")) @expansion{} 5
+!LENGTH(!UNQUOTE("xy""zzy")) @expansion{} 6
+!LENGTH(!1) @expansion{} 5 @r{if @t{!1} is @t{a b c}}
+!LENGTH(!1) @expansion{} 0 @r{if @t{!1} is empty}
+!LENGTH(!NULL) @expansion{} 0
+@end example
+@end deffn
+
+@deffn {Macro Function} !NULL
+Expands to an empty character sequence.
+
+@example
+!NULL @expansion{} @r{empty}
+!QUOTE(!NULL) @expansion{} ''
+@end example
+@end deffn
+
+@deffn {Macro Function} !QUOTE (arg)
+@deffnx {Macro Function} !UNQUOTE (arg)
+The @code{!QUOTE} function expands to its argument surrounded by
+apostrophes, doubling any apostrophes inside the argument to make sure
+that it is valid PSPP syntax for a string. If the argument was
+already a quoted string, @code{!QUOTE} expands to it unchanged.
+
+Given a quoted string argument, the @code{!UNQUOTED} function expands
+to the string's contents, with the quotes removed and any doubled
+quote marks reduced to singletons. If the argument was not a quoted
+string, @code{!UNQUOTE} expands to the argument unchanged.
+
+@example
+!QUOTE(123.0) @expansion{} '123.0'
+!QUOTE( 123 ) @expansion{} '123'
+!QUOTE('a b c') @expansion{} 'a b c'
+!QUOTE("a b c") @expansion{} "a b c"
+!QUOTE(!1) @expansion{} 'a ''b'' c' @r{if @t{!1} is @t{a 'b' c}}
+
+!UNQUOTE(123.0) @expansion{} 123.0
+!UNQUOTE( 123 ) @expansion{} 123
+!UNQUOTE('a b c') @expansion{} a b c
+!UNQUOTE("a b c") @expansion{} a b c
+!UNQUOTE(!1) @expansion{} a 'b' c @r{if @t{!1} is @t{a 'b' c}}
+
+!QUOTE(!UNQUOTE(123.0)) @expansion{} '123.0'
+!QUOTE(!UNQUOTE( 123 )) @expansion{} '123'
+!QUOTE(!UNQUOTE('a b c')) @expansion{} 'a b c'
+!QUOTE(!UNQUOTE("a b c")) @expansion{} 'a b c'
+!QUOTE(!UNQUOTE(!1)) @expansion{} 'a ''b'' c' @r{if @t{!1} is @t{a 'b' c}}
+@end example
+@end deffn
+
+@deffn {Macro Function} !SUBSTR (arg, start[, count])
+Expands to a substring of @var{arg} starting from 1-based position
+@var{start}. If @var{count} is given, it limits the number of
+characters in the expansion; if it is omitted, then the expansion
+extends to the end of @var{arg}.
+
+@example
+!SUBSTR(banana, 3) @expansion{} nana
+!SUBSTR(banana, 3, 3) @expansion{} nan
+!SUBSTR("banana", 3) @expansion{} anana"
+!SUBSTR("banana", 3, 3) @expansion{} ana
+
+!SUBSTR(banana, 3, 0) @expansion{} @r{empty}
+!SUBSTR(banana, 3, 10) @expansion{} nana
+!SUBSTR(banana, 10, 3) @expansion{} @r{empty}
+@end example
+@end deffn
+
+@deffn {Macro Function} !UPCASE (arg)
+Expands to an unquoted version of @var{arg} with all letters converted
+to uppercase.
+
+@example
+!UPCASE(freckle) @expansion{} FRECKLE
+!UPCASE('freckle') @expansion{} FRECKLE
+!UPCASE('a b c') @expansion{} A B C
+!UPCASE('A B C') @expansion{} A B C
+@end example
+@end deffn
+
+@node Macro Settings
+@subsection Macro Settings
+
+MPRINT
+MEXPAND
+MNEST
+MITERATE
+
+PRESERVE...RESTORE
+
+SET MEXPAND, etc. doesn't work inside macro bodies.
+
+@node Macro Notes
+@subsection Extra Notes
+
+@code{!*} expands to all the positional arguments.
+
+Macros in comments.
+
+Macros in titles.
+
@node DO IF
@section DO IF
@vindex DO IF
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