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   This manual is for GNU PSPP version 0.6.2, software for statistical
analysis.

   Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

     Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
     document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
     Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software
     Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover Texts
     being "A GNU Manual," and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a)
     below.  A copy of the license is included in the section entitled
     "GNU Free Documentation License."

     (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: "You have the freedom to copy and
     modify this GNU manual."


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GNU PSPP
********

This manual is for GNU PSPP version 0.6.2, software for statistical
analysis.

   Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

     Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
     document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
     Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software
     Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover Texts
     being "A GNU Manual," and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a)
     below.  A copy of the license is included in the section entitled
     "GNU Free Documentation License."

     (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: "You have the freedom to copy and
     modify this GNU manual."

* Menu:

* Introduction::                Description of the package.
* License::                     Your rights and obligations.

* Invocation::                  Starting and running PSPP.
* Language::                    Basics of the PSPP command language.
* Expressions::                 Numeric and string expression syntax.

* Data Input and Output::       Reading data from user files.
* System and Portable Files::   Dealing with system & portable files.
* Variable Attributes::         Adjusting and examining variables.
* Data Manipulation::           Simple operations on data.
* Data Selection::              Select certain cases for analysis.
* Conditionals and Looping::    Doing things many times or not at all.
* Statistics::                  Basic statistical procedures.
* Utilities::                   Other commands.

* Not Implemented::             What's not here yet
* Bugs::                        Known problems; submitting bug reports.

* Function Index::              Index of PSPP functions for expressions.
* Command Index::               Index of PSPP procedures.
* Concept Index::               Index of concepts.

* Configuration::               Configuring PSPP.

* GNU Free Documentation License:: License for copying this manual.


File: pspp.info,  Node: Introduction,  Next: License,  Prev: Top,  Up: Top

1 Introduction
**************

PSPP is a tool for statistical analysis of sampled data.  It reads a
syntax file and a data file, analyzes the data, and writes the results
to a listing file or to standard output.

   The language accepted by PSPP is similar to those accepted by SPSS
statistical products.  The details of PSPP's language are given later
in this manual.

   PSPP produces output in two forms: tables and charts.  Both of these
can be written in several formats; currently, ASCII, PostScript, and
HTML are supported.  In the future, more drivers, such as PCL and X
Window System drivers, may be developed.  For now, Ghostscript,
available from the Free Software Foundation, may be used to convert
PostScript chart output to other formats.

   The current version of PSPP, 0.6.2, is woefully incomplete in terms
of its statistical procedure support.  PSPP is a work in progress.  The
author hopes to fully support all features in the products that PSPP
replaces, eventually.  The author welcomes questions, comments,
donations, and code submissions.  *Note Submitting Bug Reports: Bugs,
for instructions on contacting the author.


File: pspp.info,  Node: License,  Next: Invocation,  Prev: Introduction,  Up: Top

2 Your rights and obligations
*****************************

PSPP is not in the public domain. It is copyrighted and there are
restrictions on its distribution, but these restrictions are designed
to permit everything that a good cooperating citizen would want to do.
What is not allowed is to try to prevent others from further sharing
any version of this program that they might get from you.

   Specifically, we want to make sure that you have the right to give
away copies of PSPP, that you receive source code or else can get it if
you want it, that you can change these programs or use pieces of them
in new free programs, and that you know you can do these things.

   To make sure that everyone has such rights, we have to forbid you to
deprive anyone else of these rights.  For example, if you distribute
copies of PSPP, you must give the recipients all the rights that you
have.  You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the source
code.  And you must tell them their rights.

   Also, for our own protection, we must make certain that everyone
finds out that there is no warranty for PSPP.  If these programs are
modified by someone else and passed on, we want their recipients to
know that what they have is not what we distributed, so that any
problems introduced by others will not reflect on our reputation.

   Finally, any free program is threatened constantly by software
patents.  We wish to avoid the danger that redistributors of a free
program will individually obtain patent licenses, in effect making the
program proprietary.  To prevent this, we have made it clear that any
patent must be licensed for everyone's free use or not licensed at all.

   The precise conditions of the license for PSPP are found in the GNU
General Public License.  You should have received a copy of the GNU
General Public License along  with this program; if not, write to the
Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. This manual specifically is covered by the
GNU Free Documentation License (*note GNU Free Documentation License::).


File: pspp.info,  Node: Invocation,  Next: Language,  Prev: License,  Up: Top

3 Invoking PSPP
***************

     pspp [ -B DIR | --config-dir=DIR ] [ -o DEVICE | --device=DEVICE ]
            [ -d VAR[=VALUE] | --define=VAR[=VALUE] ] [-u VAR | --undef=VAR ]
            [ -f FILE | --out-file=FILE ] [ -p | --pipe ] [ -I- | --no-include ]
            [ -I DIR | --include=DIR ] [ -i | --interactive ]
            [ -n | --edit | --dry-run | --just-print | --recon ]
            [ -r | --no-statrc ] [ -h | --help ] [ -l | --list ]
            [ -c COMMAND | --command COMMAND ] [ -s | --safer ]
            [ --testing-mode ] [ -V | --version ] [ -v | --verbose ]
            [ KEY=VALUE ] FILE...

* Menu:

* Non-option Arguments::        Specifying syntax files and output devices.
* Configuration Options::       Change the configuration for the current run.
* Input and output options::    Controlling input and output files.
* Language control options::    Language variants.
* Informational options::       Helpful information about PSPP.


File: pspp.info,  Node: Non-option Arguments,  Next: Configuration Options,  Up: Invocation

3.1 Non-option Arguments
========================

Syntax files and output device substitutions can be specified on PSPP's
command line:

`FILE'
     A file by itself on the command line will be executed as a syntax
     file.  If multiple files are specified, they are executed in
     order, as if their contents had been given in a single file.  PSPP
     terminates after the syntax files run, unless the `-i' or
     `--interactive' option is given (*note Language control options::).

`KEY=VALUE'
     Defines an output device macro KEY to expand to VALUE, overriding
     any macro having the same KEY defined in the device configuration
     file.  *Note Macro definitions::.


   There is one other way to specify a syntax file, if your operating
system supports it.  If you have a syntax file `foobar.stat', put the
notation

     #! /usr/local/bin/pspp

   at the top, and mark the file as executable with `chmod +x
foobar.stat'.  (If PSPP is not installed in `/usr/local/bin', then
insert its actual installation directory into the syntax file instead.)
Now you should be able to invoke the syntax file just by typing its
name.  You can include any options on the command line as usual.  PSPP
entirely ignores any lines beginning with `#!'.


File: pspp.info,  Node: Configuration Options,  Next: Input and output options,  Prev: Non-option Arguments,  Up: Invocation

3.2 Configuration Options
=========================

Configuration options are used to change PSPP's configuration for the
current run.  The configuration options are:

`-a {compatible|enhanced}'
`--algorithm={compatible|enhanced}'
     If you chose `compatible', then PSPP will use the same  algorithms
     as used by some proprietary statistical analysis packages.  This
     is not recommended, as  these algorithms are inferior and in some
     cases compeletely broken.  The default setting is `enhanced'.
     Certain commands have subcommands which allow you to override this
     setting on a per command basis.

`-B DIR'
`--config-dir=DIR'
     Sets the configuration directory to DIR.  *Note File locations::.

`-o DEVICE'
`--device=DEVICE'
     Selects the output device with name DEVICE.  If this option is
     given more than once, then all devices mentioned are selected.
     This option disables all devices besides those mentioned on the
     command line.


File: pspp.info,  Node: Input and output options,  Next: Language control options,  Prev: Configuration Options,  Up: Invocation

3.3 Input and output options
============================

Input and output options affect how PSPP reads input and writes output.
These are the input and output options:

`-f FILE'
`--out-file=FILE'
     This overrides the output file name for devices designated as
     listing devices.  If a file named FILE already exists, it is
     overwritten.

`-p'
`--pipe'
     Allows PSPP to be used as a filter by causing the syntax file to be
     read from stdin and output to be written to stdout.  Conflicts
     with the `-f FILE' and `--file=FILE' options.

`-I-'
`--no-include'
     Clears all directories from the include path.  This includes all
     directories put in the include path by default.  *Note
     Miscellaneous configuring::.

`-I DIR'
`--include=DIR'
     Appends directory DIR to the path that is searched for include
     files in PSPP syntax files.

`-c COMMAND'
`--command=COMMAND'
     Execute literal command COMMAND.  The command is executed before
     startup syntax files, if any.

`--testing-mode'
     Invoke heuristics to assist with testing PSPP.  For use by `make
     check' and similar scripts.


File: pspp.info,  Node: Language control options,  Next: Informational options,  Prev: Input and output options,  Up: Invocation

3.4 Language control options
============================

Language control options control how PSPP syntax files are parsed and
interpreted.  The available language control options are:

`-i'
`--interactive'
     When a syntax file is specified on the command line, PSPP normally
     terminates after processing it.  Giving this option will cause
     PSPP to bring up a command prompt after processing the syntax file.

     In addition, this forces syntax files to be interpreted in
     interactive mode, rather than the default batch mode.  *Note
     Tokenizing lines::, for information on the differences between
     batch mode and interactive mode command interpretation.

`-n'
`--edit'
`--dry-run'
`--just-print'
`--recon'
     Only the syntax of any syntax file specified or of commands
     entered at the command line is checked.  Transformations are not
     performed and procedures are not executed.  Not yet implemented.

`-r'
`--no-statrc'
     Prevents the execution of the PSPP startup syntax file.

`-s'
`--safer'
     Disables certain unsafe operations.  This includes the ERASE and
     HOST commands, as well as use of pipes as input and output files.


File: pspp.info,  Node: Informational options,  Prev: Language control options,  Up: Invocation

3.5 Informational options
=========================

Informational options cause information about PSPP to be written to the
terminal.  Here are the available options:

`-h'

`--help'
     Prints a message describing PSPP command-line syntax and the
     available device driver classes, then terminates.

`-l'

`--list'
     Lists the available device driver classes, then terminates.

`-x {compatible|enhanced}'
`--syntax={compatible|enhanced}'
     If you chose `compatible', then PSPP will only accept command
     syntax that is compatible with the proprietary program SPSS.  If
     you choose `enhanced' then additional syntax will be available.
     The default is `enhanced'.

`-V'

`--version'
     Prints a brief message listing PSPP's version, warranties you don't
     have, copying conditions and copyright, and e-mail address for bug
     reports, then terminates.

`-v'

`--verbose'
     Increments PSPP's verbosity level.  Higher verbosity levels cause
     PSPP to display greater amounts of information about what it is
     doing.  Often useful for debugging PSPP's configuration.

     This option can be given multiple times to set the verbosity level
     to that value.  The default verbosity level is 0, in which no
     informational messages will be displayed.

     Higher verbosity levels cause messages to be displayed when the
     corresponding events take place.

    1
          Driver and subsystem initializations.

    2
          Completion of driver initializations.  Beginning of driver
          closings.

    3
          Completion of driver closings.

    4
          Files searched for; success of searches.

    5
          Individual directories included in file searches.

     Each verbosity level also includes messages from lower verbosity
     levels.




File: pspp.info,  Node: Language,  Next: Expressions,  Prev: Invocation,  Up: Top

4 The PSPP language
*******************

     *Please note:* PSPP is not even close to completion.  Only a few
     statistical procedures are implemented.  PSPP is a work in
     progress.

   This chapter discusses elements common to many PSPP commands.  Later
chapters will describe individual commands in detail.

* Menu:

* Tokens::                      Characters combine to form tokens.
* Commands::                    Tokens combine to form commands.
* Syntax Variants::             Batch vs. Interactive mode
* Types of Commands::           Commands come in several flavors.
* Order of Commands::           Commands combine to form syntax files.
* Missing Observations::        Handling missing observations.
* Variables::                   The unit of data storage.
* Files::                       Files used by PSPP.
* File Handles::                How files are named.
* BNF::                         How command syntax is described.


File: pspp.info,  Node: Tokens,  Next: Commands,  Up: Language

4.1 Tokens
==========

PSPP divides most syntax file lines into series of short chunks called
"tokens".  Tokens are then grouped to form commands, each of which tells
PSPP to take some action--read in data, write out data, perform a
statistical procedure, etc.  Each type of token is described below.

*Identifiers*
     Identifiers are names that typically specify variables, commands,
     or subcommands.  The first character in an identifier must be a
     letter, `#', or `@'.  The remaining characters in the identifier
     must be letters, digits, or one of the following special
     characters:

                                  .  _  $  #  @

     Identifiers may be any length, but only the first 64 bytes are
     significant.  Identifiers are not case-sensitive: `foobar',
     `Foobar', `FooBar', `FOOBAR', and `FoObaR' are different
     representations of the same identifier.

     Some identifiers are reserved.  Reserved identifiers may not be
     used in any context besides those explicitly described in this
     manual.  The reserved identifiers are:

             ALL  AND  BY  EQ  GE  GT  LE  LT  NE  NOT  OR  TO  WITH

*Keywords*
     Keywords are a subclass of identifiers that form a fixed part of
     command syntax.  For example, command and subcommand names are
     keywords.  Keywords may be abbreviated to their first 3 characters
     if this abbreviation is unambiguous.  (Unique abbreviations of 3
     or more characters are also accepted: `FRE', `FREQ', and
     `FREQUENCIES' are equivalent when the last is a keyword.)

     Reserved identifiers are always used as keywords.  Other
     identifiers may be used both as keywords and as user-defined
     identifiers, such as variable names.

*Numbers*
     Numbers are expressed in decimal.  A decimal point is optional.
     Numbers may be expressed in scientific notation by adding `e' and
     a base-10 exponent, so that `1.234e3' has the value 1234.  Here
     are some more examples of valid numbers:

          -5  3.14159265359  1e100  -.707  8945.

     Negative numbers are expressed with a `-' prefix.  However, in
     situations where a literal `-' token is expected, what appears to
     be a negative number is treated as `-' followed by a positive
     number.

     No white space is allowed within a number token, except for
     horizontal white space between `-' and the rest of the number.

     The last example above, `8945.' will be interpreted as two tokens,
     `8945' and `.', if it is the last token on a line.  *Note Forming
     commands of tokens: Commands.

*Strings*
     Strings are literal sequences of characters enclosed in pairs of
     single quotes (`'') or double quotes (`"').  To include the
     character used for quoting in the string, double it, e.g.  `'it''s
     an apostrophe''.  White space and case of letters are significant
     inside strings.

     Strings can be concatenated using `+', so that `"a" + 'b' + 'c''
     is equivalent to `'abc''.  Concatenation is useful for splitting a
     single string across multiple source lines. The maximum length of
     a string, after concatenation, is 255 characters.

     Strings may also be expressed as hexadecimal, octal, or binary
     character values by prefixing the initial quote character by `X',
     `O', or `B' or their lowercase equivalents.  Each pair, triplet,
     or octet of characters, according to the radix, is transformed
     into a single character with the given value.  If there is an
     incomplete group of characters, the missing final digits are
     assumed to be `0'.  These forms of strings are nonportable because
     numeric values are associated with different characters by
     different operating systems.  Therefore, their use should be
     confined to syntax files that will not be widely distributed.

     The character with value 00 is reserved for internal use by PSPP.
     Its use in strings causes an error and replacement by a space
     character.

*Punctuators and Operators*
     These tokens are the punctuators and operators:

          ,  /  =  (  )  +  -  *  /  **  <  <=  <>  >  >=  ~=  &  |  .

     Most of these appear within the syntax of commands, but the period
     (`.') punctuator is used only at the end of a command.  It is a
     punctuator only as the last character on a line (except white
     space).  When it is the last non-space character on a line, a
     period is not treated as part of another token, even if it would
     otherwise be part of, e.g., an identifier or a floating-point
     number.

     Actually, the character that ends a command can be changed with
     SET's ENDCMD subcommand (*note SET::), but we do not recommend
     doing so.  Throughout the remainder of this manual we will assume
     that the default setting is in effect.


File: pspp.info,  Node: Commands,  Next: Syntax Variants,  Prev: Tokens,  Up: Language

4.2 Forming commands of tokens
==============================

Most PSPP commands share a common structure.  A command begins with a
command name, such as FREQUENCIES, DATA LIST, or N OF CASES.  The
command name may be abbreviated to its first word, and each word in the
command name may be abbreviated to its first three or more characters,
where these abbreviations are unambiguous.

   The command name may be followed by one or more "subcommands".  Each
subcommand begins with a subcommand name, which may be abbreviated to
its first three letters.  Some subcommands accept a series of one or
more specifications, which follow the subcommand name, optionally
separated from it by an equals sign (`='). Specifications may be
separated from each other by commas or spaces.  Each subcommand must be
separated from the next (if any) by a forward slash (`/').

   There are multiple ways to mark the end of a command.  The most
common way is to end the last line of the command with a period (`.') as
described in the previous section (*note Tokens::).  A blank line, or
one that consists only of white space or comments, also ends a command
by default, although you can use the NULLINE subcommand of SET to
disable this feature (*note SET::).


File: pspp.info,  Node: Syntax Variants,  Next: Types of Commands,  Prev: Commands,  Up: Language

4.3 Variants of syntax.
=======================

There are two variants of command syntax, viz: "batch" mode and
"interactive" mode.  Batch mode is the default when reading commands
from a file.  Interactive mode is the default when commands are typed
at a prompt by a user.  Certain commands, such as INSERT (*note
INSERT::), may explicitly change the syntax mode.

   In batch mode, any line that contains a non-space character in the
leftmost column begins a new command.  Thus, each command consists of a
flush-left line followed by any number of lines indented from the left
margin.  In this mode, a plus or minus sign (`+', `-') as the first
character in a line is ignored and causes that line to begin a new
command, which allows for visual indentation of a command without that
command being considered part of the previous command.  The period
terminating the end of a command is optional but recommended.

   In interactive mode, each command must  either be terminated with a
period, or an empty line must follow the command.  The use of (`+' and
`-' as continuation characters is not permitted.


File: pspp.info,  Node: Types of Commands,  Next: Order of Commands,  Prev: Syntax Variants,  Up: Language

4.4 Types of Commands
=====================

Commands in PSPP are divided roughly into six categories:

*Utility commands*
     Set or display various global options that affect PSPP operations.
     May appear anywhere in a syntax file.  *Note Utility commands:
     Utilities.

*File definition commands*
     Give instructions for reading data from text files or from special
     binary "system files".  Most of these commands replace any previous
     data or variables with new data or variables.  At least one file
     definition command must appear before the first command in any of
     the categories below.  *Note Data Input and Output::.

*Input program commands*
     Though rarely used, these provide tools for reading data files in
     arbitrary textual or binary formats.  *Note INPUT PROGRAM::.

*Transformations*
     Perform operations on data and write data to output files.
     Transformations are not carried out until a procedure is executed.

*Restricted transformations*
     Transformations that cannot appear in certain contexts.  *Note
     Order of Commands::, for details.

*Procedures*
     Analyze data, writing results of analyses to the listing file.
     Cause transformations specified earlier in the file to be
     performed.  In a more general sense, a "procedure" is any command
     that causes the active file (the data) to be read.


File: pspp.info,  Node: Order of Commands,  Next: Missing Observations,  Prev: Types of Commands,  Up: Language

4.5 Order of Commands
=====================

PSPP does not place many restrictions on ordering of commands.  The
main restriction is that variables must be defined before they are
otherwise referenced.  This section describes the details of command
ordering, but most users will have no need to refer to them.

   PSPP possesses five internal states, called initial, INPUT PROGRAM,
FILE TYPE, transformation, and procedure states.  (Please note the
distinction between the INPUT PROGRAM and FILE TYPE _commands_ and the
INPUT PROGRAM and FILE TYPE _states_.)

   PSPP starts in the initial state.  Each successful completion of a
command may cause a state transition.  Each type of command has its own
rules for state transitions:

*Utility commands*
        * Valid in any state.

        * Do not cause state transitions.  Exception: when N OF CASES
          is executed in the procedure state, it causes a transition to
          the transformation state.

*DATA LIST*
        * Valid in any state.

        * When executed in the initial or procedure state, causes a
          transition to the transformation state.

        * Clears the active file if executed in the procedure or
          transformation state.

*INPUT PROGRAM*
        * Invalid in INPUT PROGRAM and FILE TYPE states.

        * Causes a transition to the INPUT PROGRAM state.

        * Clears the active file.

*FILE TYPE*
        * Invalid in INPUT PROGRAM and FILE TYPE states.

        * Causes a transition to the FILE TYPE state.

        * Clears the active file.

*Other file definition commands*
        * Invalid in INPUT PROGRAM and FILE TYPE states.

        * Cause a transition to the transformation state.

        * Clear the active file, except for ADD FILES, MATCH FILES, and
          UPDATE.

*Transformations*
        * Invalid in initial and FILE TYPE states.

        * Cause a transition to the transformation state.

*Restricted transformations*
        * Invalid in initial, INPUT PROGRAM, and FILE TYPE states.

        * Cause a transition to the transformation state.

*Procedures*
        * Invalid in initial, INPUT PROGRAM, and FILE TYPE states.

        * Cause a transition to the procedure state.


File: pspp.info,  Node: Missing Observations,  Next: Variables,  Prev: Order of Commands,  Up: Language

4.6 Handling missing observations
=================================

PSPP includes special support for unknown numeric data values.  Missing
observations are assigned a special value, called the "system-missing
value".  This "value" actually indicates the absence of a value; it
means that the actual value is unknown.  Procedures automatically
exclude from analyses those observations or cases that have missing
values.  Details of missing value exclusion depend on the procedure and
can often be controlled by the user; refer to descriptions of
individual procedures for details.

   The system-missing value exists only for numeric variables.  String
variables always have a defined value, even if it is only a string of
spaces.

   Variables, whether numeric or string, can have designated
"user-missing values".  Every user-missing value is an actual value for
that variable.  However, most of the time user-missing values are
treated in the same way as the system-missing value.  String variables
that are wider than a certain width, usually 8 characters (depending on
computer architecture), cannot have user-missing values.

   For more information on missing values, see the following sections:
*note Variables::, *note MISSING VALUES::, *note Expressions::.  See
also the documentation on individual procedures for information on how
they handle missing values.


File: pspp.info,  Node: Variables,  Next: Files,  Prev: Missing Observations,  Up: Language

4.7 Variables
=============

Variables are the basic unit of data storage in PSPP.  All the
variables in a file taken together, apart from any associated data, are
said to form a "dictionary".  Some details of variables are described
in the sections below.

* Menu:

* Attributes::                  Attributes of variables.
* System Variables::            Variables automatically defined by PSPP.
* Sets of Variables::           Lists of variable names.
* Input and Output Formats::    Input and output formats.
* Scratch Variables::           Variables deleted by procedures.


File: pspp.info,  Node: Attributes,  Next: System Variables,  Up: Variables

4.7.1 Attributes of Variables
-----------------------------

Each variable has a number of attributes, including:

*Name*
     An identifier, up to 64 bytes long.  Each variable must have a
     different name.  *Note Tokens::.

     Some system variable names begin with `$', but user-defined
     variables' names may not begin with `$'.

     The final character in a variable name should not be `.', because
     such an identifier will be misinterpreted when it is the final
     token on a line: `FOO.' will be divided into two separate tokens,
     `FOO' and `.', indicating end-of-command.  *Note Tokens::.

     The final character in a variable name should not be `_', because
     some such identifiers are used for special purposes by PSPP
     procedures.

     As with all PSPP identifiers, variable names are not
     case-sensitive.  PSPP capitalizes variable names on output the
     same way they were capitalized at their point of definition in the
     input.

*Type*
     Numeric or string.

*Width*
     (string variables only) String variables with a width of 8
     characters or fewer are called "short string variables".  Short
     string variables can be used in many procedures where "long string
     variables" (those with widths greater than 8) are not allowed.

     Certain systems may consider strings longer than 8 characters to
     be short strings.  Eight characters represents a minimum figure
     for the maximum length of a short string.

*Position*
     Variables in the dictionary are arranged in a specific order.
     DISPLAY can be used to show this order: see *note DISPLAY::.

*Initialization*
     Either reinitialized to 0 or spaces for each case, or left at its
     existing value.  *Note LEAVE::.

*Missing values*
     Optionally, up to three values, or a range of values, or a specific
     value plus a range, can be specified as "user-missing values".
     There is also a "system-missing value" that is assigned to an
     observation when there is no other obvious value for that
     observation.  Observations with missing values are automatically
     excluded from analyses.  User-missing values are actual data
     values, while the system-missing value is not a value at all.
     *Note Missing Observations::.

*Variable label*
     A string that describes the variable.  *Note VARIABLE LABELS::.

*Value label*
     Optionally, these associate each possible value of the variable
     with a string.  *Note VALUE LABELS::.

*Print format*
     Display width, format, and (for numeric variables) number of
     decimal places.  This attribute does not affect how data are
     stored, just how they are displayed.  Example: a width of 8, with
     2 decimal places.  *Note Input and Output Formats::.

*Write format*
     Similar to print format, but used by the WRITE command (*note
     WRITE::).


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4.7.2 Variables Automatically Defined by PSPP
---------------------------------------------

There are seven system variables.  These are not like ordinary
variables because system variables are not always stored.  They can be
used only in expressions.  These system variables, whose values and
output formats cannot be modified, are described below.

`$CASENUM'
     Case number of the case at the moment.  This changes as cases are
     shuffled around.

`$DATE'
     Date the PSPP process was started, in format A9, following the
     pattern `DD MMM YY'.

`$JDATE'
     Number of days between 15 Oct 1582 and the time the PSPP process
     was started.

`$LENGTH'
     Page length, in lines, in format F11.

`$SYSMIS'
     System missing value, in format F1.

`$TIME'
     Number of seconds between midnight 14 Oct 1582 and the time the
     active file was read, in format F20.

`$WIDTH'
     Page width, in characters, in format F3.


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4.7.3 Lists of variable names
-----------------------------

To refer to a set of variables, list their names one after another.
Optionally, their names may be separated by commas.  To include a range
of variables from the dictionary in the list, write the name of the
first and last variable in the range, separated by `TO'.  For instance,
if the dictionary contains six variables with the names `ID', `X1',
`X2', `GOAL', `MET', and `NEXTGOAL', in that order, then `X2 TO MET'
would include variables `X2', `GOAL', and `MET'.

   Commands that define variables, such as DATA LIST, give `TO' an
alternate meaning.  With these commands, `TO' define sequences of
variables whose names end in consecutive integers.  The syntax is two
identifiers that begin with the same root and end with numbers,
separated by `TO'.  The syntax `X1 TO X5' defines 5 variables, named
`X1', `X2', `X3', `X4', and `X5'.  The syntax `ITEM0008 TO ITEM0013'
defines 6 variables, named `ITEM0008', `ITEM0009', `ITEM0010',
`ITEM0011', `ITEM0012', and `ITEM00013'.  The syntaxes `QUES001 TO
QUES9' and `QUES6 TO QUES3' are invalid.

   After a set of variables has been defined with DATA LIST or another
command with this method, the same set can be referenced on later
commands using the same syntax.


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4.7.4 Input and Output Formats
------------------------------

An "input format" describes how to interpret the contents of an input
field as a number or a string.  It might specify that the field
contains an ordinary decimal number, a time or date, a number in binary
or hexadecimal notation, or one of several other notations.  Input
formats are used by commands such as DATA LIST that read data or syntax
files into the PSPP active file.

   Every input format corresponds to a default "output format" that
specifies the formatting used when the value is output later.  It is
always possible to explicitly specify an output format that resembles
the input format.  Usually, this is the default, but in cases where the
input format is unfriendly to human readability, such as binary or
hexadecimal formats, the default output format is an easier-to-read
decimal format.

   Every variable has two output formats, called its "print format" and
"write format".  Print formats are used in most output contexts; write
formats are used only by WRITE (*note WRITE::).  Newly created
variables have identical print and write formats, and FORMATS, the most
commonly used command for changing formats (*note FORMATS::), sets both
of them to the same value as well.  Thus, most of the time, the
distinction between print and write formats is unimportant.

   Input and output formats are specified to PSPP with a "format
specification" of the form `TYPEw' or `TYPEw.d', where `TYPE' is one of
the format types described later, `w' is a field width measured in
columns, and `d' is an optional number of decimal places.  If `d' is
omitted, a value of 0 is assumed.  Some formats do not allow a nonzero
`d' to be specified.

   The following sections describe the input and output formats
supported by PSPP.

* Menu:

* Basic Numeric Formats::
* Custom Currency Formats::
* Legacy Numeric Formats::
* Binary and Hexadecimal Numeric Formats::
* Time and Date Formats::
* Date Component Formats::
* String Formats::


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4.7.4.1 Basic Numeric Formats
.............................

The basic numeric formats are used for input and output of real numbers
in standard or scientific notation.  The following table shows an
example of how each format displays positive and negative numbers with
the default decimal point setting:

Format       ` 3141.59'      `-3141.59'
------------------------------------------- 
F8.2         ` 3141.59'      `-3141.59'
COMMA9.2     ` 3,141.59'     `-3,141.59'
DOT9.2       ` 3.141,59'     `-3.141,59'
DOLLAR10.2   ` $3,141.59'    `-$3,141.59'
PCT9.2       ` 3141.59%'     `-3141.59%'
E8.1         ` 3.1E+003'     `-3.1E+003'

On output, numbers in F format are expressed in standard decimal
notation with the requested number of decimal places.  The other formats
output some variation on this style:

   * Numbers in COMMA format are additionally grouped every three
     digits by inserting a grouping character.  The grouping character
     is ordinarily a comma, but it can be changed to a period (*note
     SET DECIMAL::).

   * DOT format is like COMMA format, but it interchanges the role of
     the decimal point and grouping characters.  That is, the current
     grouping character is used as a decimal point and vice versa.

   * DOLLAR format is like COMMA format, but it prefixes the number with
     `$'.

   * PCT format is like F format, but adds `%' after the number.

   * The E format always produces output in scientific notation.

   On input, the basic numeric formats accept positive and numbers in
standard decimal notation or scientific notation.  Leading and trailing
spaces are allowed.  An empty or all-spaces field, or one that contains
only a single period, is treated as the system missing value.

   In scientific notation, the exponent may be introduced by a sign
(`+' or `-'), or by one of the letters `e' or `d' (in uppercase or
lowercase), or by a letter followed by a sign.  A single space may
follow the letter or the sign or both.

   On fixed-format DATA LIST (*note DATA LIST FIXED::) and in a few
other contexts, decimals are implied when the field does not contain a
decimal point.  In F6.5 format, for example, the field `314159' is
taken as the value 3.14159 with implied decimals.  Decimals are never
implied if an explicit decimal point is present or if scientific
notation is used.

   E and F formats accept the basic syntax already described.  The other
formats allow some additional variations:

   * COMMA, DOLLAR, and DOT formats ignore grouping characters within
     the integer part of the input field.  The identity of the grouping
     character depends on the format.

   * DOLLAR format allows a dollar sign to precede the number.  In a
     negative number, the dollar sign may precede or follow the minus
     sign.

   * PCT format allows a percent sign to follow the number.

   All of the basic number formats have a maximum field width of 40 and
accept no more than 16 decimal places, on both input and output.  Some
additional restrictions apply:

   * As input formats, the basic numeric formats allow no more decimal
     places than the field width.  As output formats, the field width
     must be greater than the number of decimal places; that is, large
     enough to allow for a decimal point and the number of requested
     decimal places.  DOLLAR and PCT formats must allow an additional
     column for `$' or `%'.

   * The default output format for a given input format increases the
     field width enough to make room for optional input characters.  If
     an input format calls for decimal places, the width is increased
     by 1 to make room for an implied decimal point.  COMMA, DOT, and
     DOLLAR formats also increase the output width to make room for
     grouping characters.  DOLLAR and PCT further increase the output
     field width by 1 to make room for `$' or `%'.  The increased
     output width is capped at 40, the maximum field width.

   * The E format is exceptional.  For output, E format has a minimum
     width of 7 plus the number of decimal places.  The default output
     format for an E input format is an E format with at least 3
     decimal places and thus a minimum width of 10.

   More details of basic numeric output formatting are given below:

   * Output rounds to nearest, with ties rounded away from zero.  Thus,
     2.5 is output as `3' in F1.0 format, and -1.125 as `-1.13' in F5.1
     format.

   * The system-missing value is output as a period in a field of
     spaces, placed in the decimal point's position, or in the
     rightmost column if no decimal places are requested.  A period is
     used even if the decimal point character is a comma.

   * A number that does not fill its field is right-justified within the
     field.

   * A number is too large for its field causes decimal places to be
     dropped to make room.  If dropping decimals does not make enough
     room, scientific notation is used if the field is wide enough.  If
     a number does not fit in the field, even in scientific notation,
     the overflow is indicated by filling the field with asterisks
     (`*').

   * COMMA, DOT, and DOLLAR formats insert grouping characters only if
     space is available for all of them.  Grouping characters are never
     inserted when all decimal places must be dropped.  Thus, 1234.56
     in COMMA5.2 format is output as ` 1235' without a comma, even
     though there is room for one, because all decimal places were
     dropped.

   * DOLLAR or PCT format drop the `$' or `%' only if the number would
     not fit at all without it.  Scientific notation with `$' or `%' is
     preferred to ordinary decimal notation without it.

   * Except in scientific notation, a decimal point is included only
     when it is followed by a digit.  If the integer part of the number
     being output is 0, and a decimal point is included, then the zero
     before the decimal point is dropped.

     In scientific notation, the number always includes a decimal point,
     even if it is not followed by a digit.

   * A negative number includes a minus sign only in the presence of a
     nonzero digit: -0.01 is output as `-.01' in F4.2 format but as
     `  .0' in F4.1 format.  Thus, a "negative zero" never includes a
     minus sign.

   * In negative numbers output in DOLLAR format, the dollar sign
     follows the negative sign.  Thus, -9.99 in DOLLAR6.2 format is
     output as `-$9.99'.

   * In scientific notation, the exponent is output as `E' followed by
     `+' or `-' and exactly three digits.  Numbers with magnitude less
     than 10**-999 or larger than 10**999 are not supported by most
     computers, but if they are supported then their output is
     considered to overflow the field and will be output as asterisks.

   * On most computers, no more than 15 decimal digits are significant
     in output, even if more are printed.  In any case, output
     precision cannot be any higher than input precision; few data sets
     are accurate to 15 digits of precision.  Unavoidable loss of
     precision in intermediate calculations may also reduce precision
     of output.

   * Special values such as infinities and "not a number" values are
     usually converted to the system-missing value before printing.  In
     a few circumstances, these values are output directly.  In fields
     of width 3 or greater, special values are output as however many
     characters will fit from `+Infinity' or `-Infinity' for
     infinities, from `NaN' for "not a number," or from `Unknown' for
     other values (if any are supported by the system).  In fields
     under 3 columns wide, special values are output as asterisks.


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4.7.4.2 Custom Currency Formats
...............................

The custom currency formats are closely related to the basic numeric
formats, but they allow users to customize the output format.  The SET
command configures custom currency formats, using the syntax
     SET CCX="STRING".
   where X is A, B, C, D, or E, and STRING is no more than 16
characters long.

   STRING must contain exactly three commas or exactly three periods
(but not both), except that a single quote character may be used to
"escape" a following comma, period, or single quote.  If three commas
are used, commas will be used for grouping in output, and a period will
be used as the decimal point.  Uses of periods reverses these roles.

   The commas or periods divide STRING into four fields, called the
"negative prefix", "prefix", "suffix", and "negative suffix",
respectively.  The prefix and suffix are added to output whenever space
is available.  The negative prefix and negative suffix are always added
to a negative number when the output includes a nonzero digit.

   The following syntax shows how custom currency formats could be used
to reproduce basic numeric formats:

     SET CCA="-,,,".  /* Same as COMMA.
     SET CCB="-...".  /* Same as DOT.
     SET CCC="-,$,,". /* Same as DOLLAR.
     SET CCD="-,,%,". /* Like PCT, but groups with commas.

   Here are some more examples of custom currency formats.  The final
example shows how to use a single quote to escape a delimiter:

     SET CCA=",EUR,,-".   /* Euro.
     SET CCB="(,USD ,,)". /* US dollar.
     SET CCC="-.R$..".    /* Brazilian real.
     SET CCD="-,, NIS,".  /* Israel shekel.
     SET CCE="-.Rp'. ..". /* Indonesia Rupiah.

These formats would yield the following output:

Format    ` 3145.59'          `-3145.59'
------------------------------------------------ 
CCA12.2   ` EUR3,145.59'      `EUR3,145.59-'
CCB14.2   `  USD 3,145.59'     `(USD 3,145.59)'
CCC11.2   ` R$3.145,59'       `-R$3.145,59'
CCD13.2   ` 3,145.59 NIS'     `-3,145.59 NIS'
CCE10.0   ` Rp. 3.146'        `-Rp. 3.146'

The default for all the custom currency formats is `-,,,', equivalent
to COMMA format.


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4.7.4.3 Legacy Numeric Formats
..............................

The N and Z numeric formats provide compatibility with legacy file
formats.  They have much in common:

   * Output is rounded to the nearest representable value, with ties
     rounded away from zero.

   * Numbers too large to display are output as a field filled with
     asterisks (`*').

   * The decimal point is always implicitly the specified number of
     digits from the right edge of the field, except that Z format
     input allows an explicit decimal point.

   * Scientific notation may not be used.

   * The system-missing value is output as a period in a field of
     spaces.  The period is placed just to the right of the implied
     decimal point in Z format, or at the right end in N format or in Z
     format if no decimal places are requested.  A period is used even
     if the decimal point character is a comma.

   * Field width may range from 1 to 40.  Decimal places may range from
     0 up to the field width, to a maximum of 16.

   * When a legacy numeric format used for input is converted to an
     output format, it is changed into the equivalent F format.  The
     field width is increased by 1 if any decimal places are specified,
     to make room for a decimal point.  For Z format, the field width
     is increased by 1 more column, to make room for a negative sign.
     The output field width is capped at 40 columns.

N Format
........

The N format supports input and output of fields that contain only
digits.  On input, leading or trailing spaces, a decimal point, or any
other non-digit character causes the field to be read as the
system-missing value.  As a special exception, an N format used on DATA
LIST FREE or DATA LIST LIST is treated as the equivalent F format.

   On output, N pads the field on the left with zeros.  Negative numbers
are output like the system-missing value.

Z Format
........

The Z format is a "zoned decimal" format used on IBM mainframes.  Z
format encodes the sign as part of the final digit, which must be one of
the following:
     0123456789
     {ABCDEFGHI
     }JKLMNOPQR
   where the characters in each row represent digits 0 through 9 in
order.  Characters in the first two rows indicate a positive sign;
those in the third indicate a negative sign.

   On output, Z fields are padded on the left with spaces.  On input,
leading and trailing spaces are ignored.  Any character in an input
field other than spaces, the digit characters above, and `.' causes the
field to be read as system-missing.

   The decimal point character for input and output is always `.', even
if the decimal point character is a comma (*note SET DECIMAL::).

   Nonzero, negative values output in Z format are marked as negative
even when no nonzero digits are output.  For example, -0.2 is output in
Z1.0 format as `J'.  The "negative zero" value supported by most
machines is output as positive.


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4.7.4.4 Binary and Hexadecimal Numeric Formats
..............................................

The binary and hexadecimal formats are primarily designed for
compatibility with existing machine formats, not for human readability.
All of them therefore have a F format as default output format.  Some of
these formats are only portable between machines with compatible byte
ordering (endianness) or floating-point format.

   Binary formats use byte values that in text files are interpreted as
special control functions, such as carriage return and line feed.  Thus,
data in binary formats should not be included in syntax files or read
from data files with variable-length records, such as ordinary text
files.  They may be read from or written to data files with fixed-length
records.  *Note FILE HANDLE::, for information on working with
fixed-length records.

P and PK Formats
................

These are binary-coded decimal formats, in which every byte (except the
last, in P format) represents two decimal digits.  The most-significant
4 bits of the first byte is the most-significant decimal digit, the
least-significant 4 bits of the first byte is the next decimal digit,
and so on.

   In P format, the most-significant 4 bits of the last byte are the
least-significant decimal digit.  The least-significant 4 bits represent
the sign: decimal 15 indicates a negative value, decimal 13 indicates a
positive value.

   Numbers are rounded downward on output.  The system-missing value and
numbers outside representable range are output as zero.

   The maximum field width is 16.  Decimal places may range from 0 up to
the number of decimal digits represented by the field.

   The default output format is an F format with twice the input field
width, plus one column for a decimal point (if decimal places were
requested).

IB and PIB Formats
..................

These are integer binary formats.  IB reads and writes 2's complement
binary integers, and PIB reads and writes unsigned binary integers.  The
byte ordering is by default the host machine's, but SET RIB may be used
to select a specific byte ordering for reading (*note SET RIB::) and
SET WIB, similarly, for writing (*note SET WIB::).

   The maximum field width is 8.  Decimal places may range from 0 up to
the number of decimal digits in the largest value representable in the
field width.

   The default output format is an F format whose width is the number of
decimal digits in the largest value representable in the field width,
plus 1 if the format has decimal places.

RB Format
.........

This is a binary format for real numbers.  By default it reads and
writes the host machine's floating-point format, but SET RRB may be
used to select an alternate floating-point format for reading (*note
SET RRB::) and SET WRB, similarly, for writing (*note SET WRB::).

   The recommended field width depends on the floating-point format.
NATIVE (the default format), IDL, IDB, VD, VG, and ZL formats should use
a field width of 8.  ISL, ISB, VF, and ZS formats should use a field
width of 4.  Other field widths will not produce useful results.  The
maximum field width is 8.  No decimal places may be specified.

   The default output format is F8.2.

PIBHEX and RBHEX Formats
........................

These are hexadecimal formats, for reading and writing binary formats
where each byte has been recoded as a pair of hexadecimal digits.

   A hexadecimal field consists solely of hexadecimal digits `0'...`9'
and `A'...`F'.  Uppercase and lowercase are accepted on input; output
is in uppercase.

   Other than the hexadecimal representation, these formats are
equivalent to PIB and RB formats, respectively.  However, bytes in
PIBHEX format are always ordered with the most-significant byte first
(big-endian order), regardless of the host machine's native byte order
or PSPP settings.

   Field widths must be even and between 2 and 16.  RBHEX format allows
no decimal places; PIBHEX allows as many decimal places as a PIB format
with half the given width.


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4.7.4.5 Time and Date Formats
.............................

In PSPP, a "time" is an interval.  The time formats translate between
human-friendly descriptions of time intervals and PSPP's internal
representation of time intervals, which is simply the number of seconds
in the interval.  PSPP has two time formats:

Time Format   Template                    Example
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
TIME          `hh:MM:SS.ss'               `04:31:17.01'
DTIME         `DD HH:MM:SS.ss'            `00 04:31:17.01'

A "date" is a moment in the past or the future.  Internally, PSPP
represents a date as the number of seconds since the "epoch", midnight,
Oct. 14, 1582.  The date formats translate between human-readable dates
and PSPP's numeric representation of dates and times.  PSPP has several
date formats:

Date Format   Template                    Example
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
DATE          `dd-mmm-yyyy'               `01-OCT-1978'
ADATE         `mm/dd/yyyy'                `10/01/1978'
EDATE         `dd.mm.yyyy'                `01.10.1978'
JDATE         `yyyyjjj'                   `1978274'
SDATE         `yyyy/mm/dd'                `1978/10/01'
QYR           `q Q yyyy'                  `3 Q 1978'
MOYR          `mmm yyyy'                  `OCT 1978'
WKYR          `ww WK yyyy'                `40 WK 1978'
DATETIME      `dd-mmm-yyyy HH:MM:SS.ss'   `01-OCT-1978 04:31:17.01'

The templates in the preceding tables describe how the time and date
formats are input and output:

`dd'
     Day of month, from 1 to 31.  Always output as two digits.

`mm'
`mmm'
     Month.  In output, `mm' is output as two digits, `mmm' as the
     first three letters of an English month name (January, February,
     ...).  In input, both of these formats, plus Roman numerals, are
     accepted.

`yyyy'
     Year.  In output, DATETIME always produces a 4-digit year; other
     formats can produce a 2- or 4-digit year.  The century assumed for
     2-digit years depends on the EPOCH setting (*note SET EPOCH::).  In
     output, a year outside the epoch causes the whole field to be
     filled with asterisks (`*').

`jjj'
     Day of year (Julian day), from 1 to 366.  This is exactly three
     digits giving the count of days from the start of the year.
     January 1 is considered day 1.

`q'
     Quarter of year, from 1 to 4.  Quarters start on January 1, April
     1, July 1, and October 1.

`ww'
     Week of year, from 1 to 53.  Output as exactly two digits.
     January 1 is the first day of week 1.

`DD'
     Count of days, which may be positive or negative.  Output as at
     least two digits.

`hh'
     Count of hours, which may be positive or negative.  Output as at
     least two digits.

`HH'
     Hour of day, from 0 to 23.  Output as exactly two digits.

`MM'
     Minute of hour, from 0 to 59.  Output as exactly two digits.

`SS.ss'
     Seconds within minute, from 0 to 59.  The integer part is output as
     exactly two digits.  On output, seconds and fractional seconds may
     or may not be included, depending on field width and decimal
     places.  On input, seconds and fractional seconds are optional.
     The DECIMAL setting controls the character accepted and displayed
     as the decimal point (*note SET DECIMAL::).

   For output, the date and time formats use the delimiters indicated in
the table.  For input, date components may be separated by spaces or by
one of the characters `-', `/', `.', or `,', and time components may be
separated by spaces, `:', or `.'.  On input, the `Q' separating quarter
from year and the `WK' separating week from year may be uppercase or
lowercase, and the spaces around them are optional.

   On input, all time and date formats accept any amount of leading and
trailing white space.

   The maximum width for time and date formats is 40 columns.  Minimum
input and output width for each of the time and date formats is shown
below:
Format     Min. Input Width   Min. Output Width   Option
----------------------------------------------------------------- 
DATE       8                  9                   4-digit year
ADATE      8                  8                   4-digit year
EDATE      8                  8                   4-digit year
JDATE      5                  5                   4-digit year
SDATE      8                  8                   4-digit year
QYR        4                  6                   4-digit year
MOYR       6                  6                   4-digit year
WKYR       6                  8                   4-digit year
DATETIME   17                 17                  seconds
TIME       5                  5                   seconds
DTIME      8                  8                   seconds

In the table, "Option" describes what increased output width enables:

4-digit year
     A field 2 columns wider than minimum will include a 4-digit year.
     (DATETIME format always includes a 4-digit year.)

seconds
     A field 3 columns wider than minimum will include seconds as well
     as minutes.  A field 5 columns wider than minimum, or more, can
     also include a decimal point and fractional seconds (but no more
     than allowed by the format's decimal places).

   For the time and date formats, the default output format is the same
as the input format, except that PSPP increases the field width, if
necessary, to the minimum allowed for output.

   Time or dates narrower than the field width are right-justified
within the field.

   When a time or date exceeds the field width, characters are trimmed
from the end until it fits.  This can occur in an unusual situation,
e.g.  with a year greater than 9999 (which adds an extra digit), or for
a negative value on TIME or DTIME (which adds a leading minus sign).

   The system-missing value is output as a period at the right end of
the field.


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4.7.4.6 Date Component Formats
..............................

The WKDAY and MONTH formats provide input and output for the names of
weekdays and months, respectively.

   On output, these formats convert a number between 1 and 7, for
WKDAY, or between 1 and 12, for MONTH, into the English name of a day
or month, respectively.  If the name is longer than the field, it is
trimmed to fit.  If the name is shorter than the field, it is padded on
the right with spaces.  Values outside the valid range, and the
system-missing value, are output as all spaces.

   On input, English weekday or month names (in uppercase or lowercase)
are converted back to their corresponding numbers.  Weekday and month
names may be abbreviated to their first 2 or 3 letters, respectively.

   The field width may range from 2 to 40, for WKDAY, or from 3 to 40,
for MONTH.  No decimal places are allowed.

   The default output format is the same as the input format.


File: pspp.info,  Node: String Formats,  Prev: Date Component Formats,  Up: Input and Output Formats

4.7.4.7 String Formats
......................

The A and AHEX formats are the only ones that may be assigned to string
variables.  Neither format allows any decimal places.

   In A format, the entire field is treated as a string value.  The
field width may range from 1 to 32,767, the maximum string width.  The
default output format is the same as the input format.

   In AHEX format, the field is composed of characters in a string
encoded as hex digit pairs.  On output, hex digits are output in
uppercase; on input, uppercase and lowercase are both accepted.  The
default output format is A format with half the input width.


File: pspp.info,  Node: Scratch Variables,  Prev: Input and Output Formats,  Up: Variables

4.7.5 Scratch Variables
-----------------------

Most of the time, variables don't retain their values between cases.
Instead, either they're being read from a data file or the active file,
in which case they assume the value read, or, if created with COMPUTE or
another transformation, they're initialized to the system-missing value
or to blanks, depending on type.

   However, sometimes it's useful to have a variable that keeps its
value between cases.  You can do this with LEAVE (*note LEAVE::), or
you can use a "scratch variable".  Scratch variables are variables whose
names begin with an octothorpe (`#').

   Scratch variables have the same properties as variables left with
LEAVE: they retain their values between cases, and for the first case
they are initialized to 0 or blanks.  They have the additional property
that they are deleted before the execution of any procedure.  For this
reason, scratch variables can't be used for analysis.  To use a scratch
variable in an analysis, use COMPUTE (*note COMPUTE::) to copy its
value into an ordinary variable, then use that ordinary variable in the
analysis.


File: pspp.info,  Node: Files,  Next: File Handles,  Prev: Variables,  Up: Language

4.8 Files Used by PSPP
======================

PSPP makes use of many files each time it runs.  Some of these it
reads, some it writes, some it creates.  Here is a table listing the
most important of these files:

*command file*
*syntax file*
     These names (synonyms) refer to the file that contains instructions
     that tell PSPP what to do.  The syntax file's name is specified on
     the PSPP command line.  Syntax files can also be read with INCLUDE
     (*note INCLUDE::).

*data file*
     Data files contain raw data in text or binary format.  Data can
     also be embedded in a syntax file with BEGIN DATA and END DATA.

*listing file*
     One or more output files are created by PSPP each time it is run.
     The output files receive the tables and charts produced by
     statistical procedures.  The output files may be in any number of
     formats, depending on how PSPP is configured.

*active file*
     The active file is the "file" on which all PSPP procedures are
     performed.  The active file consists of a dictionary and a set of
     cases.  The active file is not necessarily a disk file: it is
     stored in memory if there is room.

*system file*
     System files are binary files that store a dictionary and a set of
     cases.  GET and SAVE read and write system files.

*portable file*
     Portable files are files in a text-based format that store a
     dictionary and a set of cases.  IMPORT and EXPORT read and write
     portable files.

*scratch file*
     Scratch files consist of a dictionary and cases and may be stored
     in memory or on disk.  Most procedures that act on a system file or
     portable file can use a scratch file instead.  The contents of
     scratch files persist within a single PSPP session only.  GET and
     SAVE can be used to read and write scratch files.  Scratch files
     are a PSPP extension.


File: pspp.info,  Node: File Handles,  Next: BNF,  Prev: Files,  Up: Language

4.9 File Handles
================

A "file handle" is a reference to a data file, system file, portable
file, or scratch file.  Most often, a file handle is specified as the
name of a file as a string, that is, enclosed within `'' or `"'.

   A file name string that begins or ends with `|' is treated as the
name of a command to pipe data to or from.  You can use this feature to
read data over the network using a program such as `curl' (e.g. `GET
'|curl -s -S http://example.com/mydata.sav''), to read compressed data
from a file using a program such as `zcat' (e.g. `GET '|zcat
mydata.sav.gz''), and for many other purposes.

   PSPP also supports declaring named file handles with the FILE HANDLE
command.  This command associates an identifier of your choice (the
file handle's name) with a file.  Later, the file handle name can be
substituted for the name of the file.  When PSPP syntax accesses a file
multiple times, declaring a named file handle simplifies updating the
syntax later to use a different file.  Use of FILE HANDLE is also
required to read data files in binary formats.  *Note FILE HANDLE::,
for more information.

   PSPP assumes that a file handle name that begins with `#' refers to
a scratch file, unless the name has already been declared on FILE
HANDLE to refer to another kind of file.  A scratch file is similar to
a system file, except that it persists only for the duration of a given
PSPP session.  Most commands that read or write a system or portable
file, such as GET and SAVE, also accept scratch file handles.  Scratch
file handles may also be declared explicitly with FILE HANDLE.  Scratch
files are a PSPP extension.

   In some circumstances, PSPP must distinguish whether a file handle
refers to a system file or a portable file.  When this is necessary to
read a file, e.g. as an input file for GET or MATCH FILES, PSPP uses
the file's contents to decide.  In the context of writing a file, e.g.
as an output file for SAVE or AGGREGATE, PSPP decides based on the
file's name: if it ends in `.por' (with any capitalization), then PSPP
writes a portable file; otherwise, PSPP writes a system file.

   INLINE is reserved as a file handle name.  It refers to the "data
file" embedded into the syntax file between BEGIN DATA and END DATA.
*Note BEGIN DATA::, for more information.

   The file to which a file handle refers may be reassigned on a later
FILE HANDLE command if it is first closed using CLOSE FILE HANDLE.  The
CLOSE FILE HANDLE command is also useful to free the storage associated
with a scratch file.  *Note CLOSE FILE HANDLE::, for more information.


File: pspp.info,  Node: BNF,  Prev: File Handles,  Up: Language

4.10 Backus-Naur Form
=====================

The syntax of some parts of the PSPP language is presented in this
manual using the formalism known as "Backus-Naur Form", or BNF. The
following table describes BNF:

   * Words in all-uppercase are PSPP keyword tokens.  In BNF, these are
     often called "terminals".  There are some special terminals, which
     are written in lowercase for clarity:

    `number'
          A real number.

    `integer'
          An integer number.

    `string'
          A string.

    `var-name'
          A single variable name.

    `=', `/', `+', `-', etc.
          Operators and punctuators.

    `.'
          The end of the command.  This is not necessarily an actual
          dot in the syntax file: *Note Commands::, for more details.

   * Other words in all lowercase refer to BNF definitions, called
     "productions".  These productions are also known as
     "nonterminals".  Some nonterminals are very common, so they are
     defined here in English for clarity:

    `var-list'
          A list of one or more variable names or the keyword `ALL'.

    `expression'
          An expression.  *Note Expressions::, for details.

   * `::=' means "is defined as".  The left side of `::=' gives the
     name of the nonterminal being defined.  The right side of `::='
     gives the definition of that nonterminal.  If the right side is
     empty, then one possible expansion of that nonterminal is nothing.
     A BNF definition is called a "production".

   * So, the key difference between a terminal and a nonterminal is
     that a terminal cannot be broken into smaller parts--in fact,
     every terminal is a single token (*note Tokens::).  On the other
     hand, nonterminals are composed of a (possibly empty) sequence of
     terminals and nonterminals.  Thus, terminals indicate the deepest
     level of syntax description.  (In parsing theory, terminals are
     the leaves of the parse tree; nonterminals form the branches.)

   * The first nonterminal defined in a set of productions is called the
     "start symbol".  The start symbol defines the entire syntax for
     that command.



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5 Mathematical Expressions
**************************

Expressions share a common syntax each place they appear in PSPP
commands.  Expressions are made up of "operands", which can be numbers,
strings, or variable names, separated by "operators".  There are five
types of operators: grouping, arithmetic, logical, relational, and
functions.

   Every operator takes one or more operands as input and yields exactly
one result as output.  Depending on the operator, operands accept
strings or numbers as operands.  With few exceptions, operands may be
full-fledged expressions in themselves.

* Menu:

* Boolean Values::              Boolean values.
* Missing Values in Expressions::  Using missing values in expressions.
* Grouping Operators::          parentheses
* Arithmetic Operators::        add sub mul div pow
* Logical Operators::           AND NOT OR
* Relational Operators::        EQ GE GT LE LT NE
* Functions::                   More-sophisticated operators.
* Order of Operations::         Operator precedence.


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5.1 Boolean Values
==================

Some PSPP operators and expressions work with Boolean values, which
represent true/false conditions.  Booleans have only three possible
values: 0 (false), 1 (true), and system-missing (unknown).
System-missing is neither true nor false and indicates that the true
value is unknown.

   Boolean-typed operands or function arguments must take on one of
these three values.  Other values are considered false, but provoke a
warning when the expression is evaluated.

   Strings and Booleans are not compatible, and neither may be used in
place of the other.


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5.2 Missing Values in Expressions
=================================

Most numeric operators yield system-missing when given any
system-missing operand.  A string operator given any system-missing
operand typically results in the empty string.  Exceptions are listed
under particular operator descriptions.

   String user-missing values are not treated specially in expressions.

   User-missing values for numeric variables are always transformed into
the system-missing value, except inside the arguments to the `VALUE'
and `SYSMIS' functions.

   The missing-value functions can be used to precisely control how
missing values are treated in expressions.  *Note Missing Value
Functions::, for more details.


File: pspp.info,  Node: Grouping Operators,  Next: Arithmetic Operators,  Prev: Missing Values in Expressions,  Up: Expressions

5.3 Grouping Operators
======================

Parentheses (`()') are the grouping operators.  Surround an expression
with parentheses to force early evaluation.

   Parentheses also surround the arguments to functions, but in that
situation they act as punctuators, not as operators.


File: pspp.info,  Node: Arithmetic Operators,  Next: Logical Operators,  Prev: Grouping Operators,  Up: Expressions

5.4 Arithmetic Operators
========================

The arithmetic operators take numeric operands and produce numeric
results.

`A + B'
     Yields the sum of A and B.

`A - B'
     Subtracts B from A and yields the difference.

`A * B'
     Yields the product of A and B.  If either A or B is 0, then the
     result is 0, even if the other operand is missing.

`A / B'
     Divides A by B and yields the quotient.  If A is 0, then the
     result is 0, even if B is missing.  If B is zero, the result is
     system-missing.

`A ** B'
     Yields the result of raising A to the power B.  If A is negative
     and B is not an integer, the result is system-missing.  The result
     of `0**0' is system-missing as well.

`- A'
     Reverses the sign of A.


File: pspp.info,  Node: Logical Operators,  Next: Relational Operators,  Prev: Arithmetic Operators,  Up: Expressions

5.5 Logical Operators
=====================

The logical operators take logical operands and produce logical
results, meaning "true or false."  Logical operators are not true
Boolean operators because they may also result in a system-missing
value.  *Note Boolean Values::, for more information.

`A AND B'
`A & B'
     True if both A and B are true, false otherwise.  If one operand is
     false, the result is false even if the other is missing.  If both
     operands are missing, the result is missing.

`A OR B'
`A | B'
     True if at least one of A and B is true.  If one operand is true,
     the result is true even if the other operand is missing.  If both
     operands are missing, the result is missing.

`NOT A'
`~ A'
     True if A is false.  If the operand is missing, then the result is
     missing.


File: pspp.info,  Node: Relational Operators,  Next: Functions,  Prev: Logical Operators,  Up: Expressions

5.6 Relational Operators
========================

The relational operators take numeric or string operands and produce
Boolean results.

   Strings cannot be compared to numbers.  When strings of different
lengths are compared, the shorter string is right-padded with spaces to
match the length of the longer string.

   The results of string comparisons, other than tests for equality or
inequality, depend on the character set in use.  String comparisons are
case-sensitive.

`A EQ B'
`A = B'
     True if A is equal to B.

`A LE B'
`A <= B'
     True if A is less than or equal to B.

`A LT B'
`A < B'
     True if A is less than B.

`A GE B'
`A >= B'
     True if A is greater than or equal to B.

`A GT B'
`A > B'
     True if A is greater than B.

`A NE B'
`A ~= B'
`A <> B'
     True if A is not equal to B.


File: pspp.info,  Node: Functions,  Next: Order of Operations,  Prev: Relational Operators,  Up: Expressions

5.7 Functions
=============

PSPP functions provide mathematical abilities above and beyond those
possible using simple operators.  Functions have a common syntax: each
is composed of a function name followed by a left parenthesis, one or
more arguments, and a right parenthesis.

   Function names are not reserved.  Their names are specially treated
only when followed by a left parenthesis, so that `EXP(10)' refers to
the constant value `e' raised to the 10th power, but `EXP' by itself
refers to the value of variable EXP.

   The sections below describe each function in detail.

* Menu:

* Mathematics::                 EXP LG10 LN LNGAMMA SQRT
* Miscellaneous Mathematics::   ABS MOD MOD10 RND TRUNC
* Trigonometry::                ACOS ARCOS ARSIN ARTAN ASIN ATAN COS SIN TAN
* Missing Value Functions::     MISSING NMISS NVALID SYSMIS VALUE
* Set Membership::              ANY RANGE
* Statistical Functions::       CFVAR MAX MEAN MIN SD SUM VARIANCE
* String Functions::            CONCAT INDEX LENGTH LOWER LPAD LTRIM NUMBER
                                RINDEX RPAD RTRIM STRING SUBSTR UPCASE
* Time & Date::                 CTIME.xxx DATE.xxx TIME.xxx XDATE.xxx
                                DATEDIFF DATESUM
* Miscellaneous Functions::     LAG YRMODA VALUELABEL
* Statistical Distribution Functions::  PDF CDF SIG IDF RV NPDF NCDF


File: pspp.info,  Node: Mathematics,  Next: Miscellaneous Mathematics,  Up: Functions

5.7.1 Mathematical Functions
----------------------------

Advanced mathematical functions take numeric arguments and produce
numeric results.

 -- Function:  EXP (EXPONENT)
     Returns e (approximately 2.71828) raised to power EXPONENT.

 -- Function:  LG10 (NUMBER)
     Takes the base-10 logarithm of NUMBER.  If NUMBER is not positive,
     the result is system-missing.

 -- Function:  LN (NUMBER)
     Takes the base-e logarithm of NUMBER.  If NUMBER is not positive,
     the result is system-missing.

 -- Function:  LNGAMMA (NUMBER)
     Yields the base-e logarithm of the complete gamma of NUMBER.  If
     NUMBER is a negative integer, the result is system-missing.

 -- Function:  SQRT (NUMBER)
     Takes the square root of NUMBER.  If NUMBER is negative, the
     result is system-missing.


File: pspp.info,  Node: Miscellaneous Mathematics,  Next: Trigonometry,  Prev: Mathematics,  Up: Functions

5.7.2 Miscellaneous Mathematical Functions
------------------------------------------

Miscellaneous mathematical functions take numeric arguments and produce
numeric results.

 -- Function:  ABS (NUMBER)
     Results in the absolute value of NUMBER.

 -- Function:  MOD (NUMERATOR, DENOMINATOR)
     Returns the remainder (modulus) of NUMERATOR divided by
     DENOMINATOR.  If NUMERATOR is 0, then the result is 0, even if
     DENOMINATOR is missing.  If DENOMINATOR is 0, the result is
     system-missing.

 -- Function:  MOD10 (NUMBER)
     Returns the remainder when NUMBER is divided by 10.  If NUMBER is
     negative, MOD10(NUMBER) is negative or zero.

 -- Function:  RND (NUMBER)
     Takes the absolute value of NUMBER and rounds it to an integer.
     Then, if NUMBER was negative originally, negates the result.

 -- Function:  TRUNC (NUMBER)
     Discards the fractional part of NUMBER; that is, rounds NUMBER
     towards zero.


File: pspp.info,  Node: Trigonometry,  Next: Missing Value Functions,  Prev: Miscellaneous Mathematics,  Up: Functions

5.7.3 Trigonometric Functions
-----------------------------

Trigonometric functions take numeric arguments and produce numeric
results.

 -- Function:  ARCOS (NUMBER)
 -- Function:  ACOS (NUMBER)
     Takes the arccosine, in radians, of NUMBER.  Results in
     system-missing if NUMBER is not between -1 and 1 inclusive.  This
     function is a PSPP extension.

 -- Function:  ARSIN (NUMBER)
 -- Function:  ASIN (NUMBER)
     Takes the arcsine, in radians, of NUMBER.  Results in
     system-missing if NUMBER is not between -1 and 1 inclusive.

 -- Function:  ARTAN (NUMBER)
 -- Function:  ATAN (NUMBER)
     Takes the arctangent, in radians, of NUMBER.

 -- Function:  COS (ANGLE)
     Takes the cosine of ANGLE which should be in radians.

 -- Function:  SIN (ANGLE)
     Takes the sine of ANGLE which should be in radians.

 -- Function:  TAN (ANGLE)
     Takes the tangent of ANGLE which should be in radians.  Results in
     system-missing at values of ANGLE that are too close to odd
     multiples of pi/2.  Portability: none.


File: pspp.info,  Node: Missing Value Functions,  Next: Set Membership,  Prev: Trigonometry,  Up: Functions

5.7.4 Missing-Value Functions
-----------------------------

Missing-value functions take various numeric arguments and yield
various types of results.  Except where otherwise stated below, the
normal rules of evaluation apply within expression arguments to these
functions.  In particular, user-missing values for numeric variables
are converted to system-missing values.

 -- Function:  MISSING (EXPR)
     Returns 1 if EXPR has the system-missing value, 0 otherwise.

 -- Function:  NMISS (EXPR [, EXPR]...)
     Each argument must be a numeric expression.  Returns the number of
     system-missing values in the list, which may include variable
     ranges using the `VAR1 TO VAR2' syntax.

 -- Function:  NVALID (EXPR [, EXPR]...)
     Each argument must be a numeric expression.  Returns the number of
     values in the list that are not system-missing.  The list may
     include variable ranges using the `VAR1 TO VAR2' syntax.

 -- Function:  SYSMIS (EXPR)
     When EXPR is simply the name of a numeric variable, returns 1 if
     the variable has the system-missing value, 0 if it is user-missing
     or not missing.  If given EXPR takes another form, results in 1 if
     the value is system-missing, 0 otherwise.

 -- Function:  VALUE (VARIABLE)
     Prevents the user-missing values of VARIABLE from being
     transformed into system-missing values, and always results in the
     actual value of VARIABLE, whether it is valid, user-missing, or
     system-missing.


File: pspp.info,  Node: Set Membership,  Next: Statistical Functions,  Prev: Missing Value Functions,  Up: Functions

5.7.5 Set-Membership Functions
------------------------------

Set membership functions determine whether a value is a member of a set.
They take a set of numeric arguments or a set of string arguments, and
produce Boolean results.

   String comparisons are performed according to the rules given in
*note Relational Operators::.

 -- Function:  ANY (VALUE, SET [, SET]...)
     Results in true if VALUE is equal to any of the SET values.
     Otherwise, results in false.  If VALUE is system-missing, returns
     system-missing.  System-missing values in SET do not cause ANY to
     return system-missing.

 -- Function:  RANGE (VALUE, LOW, HIGH [, LOW, HIGH]...)
     Results in true if VALUE is in any of the intervals bounded by LOW
     and HIGH inclusive.  Otherwise, results in false.  Each LOW must
     be less than or equal to its corresponding HIGH value.  LOW and
     HIGH must be given in pairs.  If VALUE is system-missing, returns
     system-missing.  System-missing values in SET do not cause RANGE
     to return system-missing.


File: pspp.info,  Node: Statistical Functions,  Next: String Functions,  Prev: Set Membership,  Up: Functions

5.7.6 Statistical Functions
---------------------------

Statistical functions compute descriptive statistics on a list of
values.  Some statistics can be computed on numeric or string values;
other can only be computed on numeric values.  Their results have the
same type as their arguments.  The current case's weighting factor
(*note WEIGHT::) has no effect on statistical functions.

   These functions' argument lists may include entire ranges of
variables using the `VAR1 TO VAR2' syntax.

   Unlike most functions, statistical functions can return non-missing
values even when some of their arguments are missing.  Most statistical
functions, by default, require only 1 non-missing value to have a
non-missing return, but CFVAR, SD, and VARIANCE require 2.  These
defaults can be increased (but not decreased) by appending a dot and
the minimum number of valid arguments to the function name.  For
example, `MEAN.3(X, Y, Z)' would only return non-missing if all of `X',
`Y', and `Z' were valid.

 -- Function:  CFVAR (NUMBER, NUMBER[, ...])
     Results in the coefficient of variation of the values of NUMBER.
     (The coefficient of variation is the standard deviation divided by
     the mean.)

 -- Function:  MAX (VALUE, VALUE[, ...])
     Results in the value of the greatest VALUE.  The VALUEs may be
     numeric or string.

 -- Function:  MEAN (NUMBER, NUMBER[, ...])
     Results in the mean of the values of NUMBER.

 -- Function:  MIN (NUMBER, NUMBER[, ...])
     Results in the value of the least VALUE.  The VALUEs may be
     numeric or string.

 -- Function:  SD (NUMBER, NUMBER[, ...])
     Results in the standard deviation of the values of NUMBER.

 -- Function:  SUM (NUMBER, NUMBER[, ...])
     Results in the sum of the values of NUMBER.

 -- Function:  VARIANCE (NUMBER, NUMBER[, ...])
     Results in the variance of the values of NUMBER.


File: pspp.info,  Node: String Functions,  Next: Time & Date,  Prev: Statistical Functions,  Up: Functions

5.7.7 String Functions
----------------------

String functions take various arguments and return various results.

 -- Function:  CONCAT (STRING, STRING[, ...])
     Returns a string consisting of each STRING in sequence.
     `CONCAT("abc", "def", "ghi")' has a value of `"abcdefghi"'.  The
     resultant string is truncated to a maximum of 255 characters.

 -- Function:  INDEX (HAYSTACK, NEEDLE)
     Returns a positive integer indicating the position of the first
     occurrence of NEEDLE in HAYSTACK.  Returns 0 if HAYSTACK does not
     contain NEEDLE.  Returns system-missing if NEEDLE is an empty
     string.

 -- Function:  INDEX (HAYSTACK, NEEDLES, NEEDLE_LEN)
     Divides NEEDLES into one or more needles, each with length
     NEEDLE_LEN.  Searches HAYSTACK for the first occurrence of each
     needle, and returns the smallest value.  Returns 0 if HAYSTACK
     does not contain any part in NEEDLE.  It is an error if NEEDLE_LEN
     does not evenly divide the length of NEEDLES.  Returns
     system-missing if NEEDLES is an empty string.

 -- Function:  LENGTH (STRING)
     Returns the number of characters in STRING.

 -- Function:  LOWER (STRING)
     Returns a string identical to STRING except that all uppercase
     letters are changed to lowercase letters.  The definitions of
     "uppercase" and "lowercase" are system-dependent.

 -- Function:  LPAD (STRING, LENGTH)
     If STRING is at least LENGTH characters in length, returns STRING
     unchanged.  Otherwise, returns STRING padded with spaces on the
     left side to length LENGTH.  Returns an empty string if LENGTH is
     system-missing, negative, or greater than 255.

 -- Function:  LPAD (STRING, LENGTH, PADDING)
     If STRING is at least LENGTH characters in length, returns STRING
     unchanged.  Otherwise, returns STRING padded with PADDING on the
     left side to length LENGTH.  Returns an empty string if LENGTH is
     system-missing, negative, or greater than 255, or if PADDING does
     not contain exactly one character.

 -- Function:  LTRIM (STRING)
     Returns STRING, after removing leading spaces.  Other white space,
     such as tabs, carriage returns, line feeds, and vertical tabs, is
     not removed.

 -- Function:  LTRIM (STRING, PADDING)
     Returns STRING, after removing leading PADDING characters.  If
     PADDING does not contain exactly one character, returns an empty
     string.

 -- Function:  NUMBER (STRING, FORMAT)
     Returns the number produced when STRING is interpreted according
     to format specifier FORMAT.  If the format width W is less than
     the length of STRING, then only the first W characters in STRING
     are used, e.g. `NUMBER("123", F3.0)' and `NUMBER("1234", F3.0)'
     both have value 123.  If W is greater than STRING's length, then
     it is treated as if it were right-padded with spaces.  If STRING
     is not in the correct format for FORMAT, system-missing is
     returned.

 -- Function:  RINDEX (STRING, FORMAT)
     Returns a positive integer indicating the position of the last
     occurrence of NEEDLE in HAYSTACK.  Returns 0 if HAYSTACK does not
     contain NEEDLE.  Returns system-missing if NEEDLE is an empty
     string.

 -- Function:  RINDEX (HAYSTACK, NEEDLE, NEEDLE_LEN)
     Divides NEEDLE into parts, each with length NEEDLE_LEN.  Searches
     HAYSTACK for the last occurrence of each part, and returns the
     largest value.  Returns 0 if HAYSTACK does not contain any part in
     NEEDLE.  It is an error if NEEDLE_LEN does not evenly divide the
     length of NEEDLE.  Returns system-missing if NEEDLE is an empty
     string.

 -- Function:  RPAD (STRING, LENGTH)
     If STRING is at least LENGTH characters in length, returns STRING
     unchanged.  Otherwise, returns STRING padded with spaces on the
     right to length LENGTH.  Returns an empty string if LENGTH is
     system-missing, negative, or greater than 255.

 -- Function:  RPAD (STRING, LENGTH, PADDING)
     If STRING is at least LENGTH characters in length, returns STRING
     unchanged.  Otherwise, returns STRING padded with PADDING on the
     right to length LENGTH.  Returns an empty string if LENGTH is
     system-missing, negative, or greater than 255, or if PADDING does
     not contain exactly one character.

 -- Function:  RTRIM (STRING)
     Returns STRING, after removing trailing spaces.  Other types of
     white space are not removed.

 -- Function:  RTRIM (STRING, PADDING)
     Returns STRING, after removing trailing PADDING characters.  If
     PADDING does not contain exactly one character, returns an empty
     string.

 -- Function:  STRING (NUMBER, FORMAT)
     Returns a string corresponding to NUMBER in the format given by
     format specifier FORMAT.  For example, `STRING(123.56, F5.1)' has
     the value `"123.6"'.

 -- Function:  SUBSTR (STRING, START)
     Returns a string consisting of the value of STRING from position
     START onward.  Returns an empty string if START is system-missing,
     less than 1, or greater than the length of STRING.

 -- Function:  SUBSTR (STRING, START, COUNT)
     Returns a string consisting of the first COUNT characters from
     STRING beginning at position START.  Returns an empty string if
     START or COUNT is system-missing, if START is less than 1 or
     greater than the number of characters in STRING, or if COUNT is
     less than 1.  Returns a string shorter than COUNT characters if
     START + COUNT - 1 is greater than the number of characters in
     STRING.  Examples: `SUBSTR("abcdefg", 3, 2)' has value `"cd"';
     `SUBSTR("nonsense", 4, 10)' has the value `"sense"'.

 -- Function:  UPCASE (STRING)
     Returns STRING, changing lowercase letters to uppercase letters.


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5.7.8 Time & Date Functions
---------------------------

For compatibility, PSPP considers dates before 15 Oct 1582 invalid.
Most time and date functions will not accept earlier dates.

* Menu:

* Time & Date Concepts::        How times & dates are defined and represented
* Time Construction::           TIME.{DAYS HMS}
* Time Extraction::             CTIME.{DAYS HOURS MINUTES SECONDS}
* Date Construction::           DATE.{DMY MDY MOYR QYR WKYR YRDAY}
* Date Extraction::             XDATE.{DATE HOUR JDAY MDAY MINUTE MONTH
                                       QUARTER SECOND TDAY TIME WEEK
                                       WKDAY YEAR}
* Time & Date Arithmetic::      DATEDIFF DATESUM


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5.7.8.1 How times & dates are defined and represented
.....................................................

Times and dates are handled by PSPP as single numbers.  A "time" is an
interval.  PSPP measures times in seconds.  Thus, the following
intervals correspond with the numeric values given:

               10 minutes                        600
               1 hour                          3,600
               1 day, 3 hours, 10 seconds     97,210
               40 days                     3,456,000

   A "date", on the other hand, is a particular instant in the past or
the future.  PSPP represents a date as a number of seconds since
midnight preceding 14 Oct 1582.  Because midnight preceding the dates
given below correspond with the numeric PSPP dates given:

                   15 Oct 1582                86,400
                    4 Jul 1776         6,113,318,400
                    1 Jan 1900        10,010,390,400
                    1 Oct 1978        12,495,427,200
                   24 Aug 1995        13,028,601,600


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5.7.8.2 Functions that Produce Times
....................................

These functions take numeric arguments and return numeric values that
represent times.

 -- Function:  TIME.DAYS (NDAYS)
     Returns a time corresponding to NDAYS days.

 -- Function:  TIME.HMS (NHOURS, NMINS, NSECS)
     Returns a time corresponding to NHOURS hours, NMINS minutes, and
     NSECS seconds.  The arguments may not have mixed signs: if any of
     them are positive, then none may be negative, and vice versa.


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5.7.8.3 Functions that Examine Times
....................................

These functions take numeric arguments in PSPP time format and give
numeric results.

 -- Function:  CTIME.DAYS (TIME)
     Results in the number of days and fractional days in TIME.

 -- Function:  CTIME.HOURS (TIME)
     Results in the number of hours and fractional hours in TIME.

 -- Function:  CTIME.MINUTES (TIME)
     Results in the number of minutes and fractional minutes in TIME.

 -- Function:  CTIME.SECONDS (TIME)
     Results in the number of seconds and fractional seconds in TIME.
     (`CTIME.SECONDS' does nothing; `CTIME.SECONDS(X)' is equivalent to
     `X'.)


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5.7.8.4 Functions that Produce Dates
....................................

These functions take numeric arguments and give numeric results that
represent dates.  Arguments taken by these functions are:

DAY
     Refers to a day of the month between 1 and 31.  Day 0 is also
     accepted and refers to the final day of the previous month.  Days
     29, 30, and 31 are accepted even in months that have fewer days
     and refer to a day near the beginning of the following month.

MONTH
     Refers to a month of the year between 1 and 12.  Months 0 and 13
     are also accepted and refer to the last month of the preceding
     year and the first month of the following year, respectively.

QUARTER
     Refers to a quarter of the year between 1 and 4.  The quarters of
     the year begin on the first day of months 1, 4, 7, and 10.

WEEK
     Refers to a week of the year between 1 and 53.

YDAY
     Refers to a day of the year between 1 and 366.

YEAR
     Refers to a year, 1582 or greater.  Years between 0 and 99 are
     treated according to the epoch set on SET EPOCH, by default
     beginning 69 years before the current date (*note SET EPOCH::).

   If these functions' arguments are out-of-range, they are correctly
normalized before conversion to date format.  Non-integers are rounded
toward zero.

 -- Function:  DATE.DMY (DAY, MONTH, YEAR)
 -- Function:  DATE.MDY (MONTH, DAY, YEAR)
     Results in a date value corresponding to the midnight before day
     DAY of month MONTH of year YEAR.

 -- Function:  DATE.MOYR (MONTH, YEAR)
     Results in a date value corresponding to the midnight before the
     first day of month MONTH of year YEAR.

 -- Function:  DATE.QYR (QUARTER, YEAR)
     Results in a date value corresponding to the midnight before the
     first day of quarter QUARTER of year YEAR.

 -- Function:  DATE.WKYR (WEEK, YEAR)
     Results in a date value corresponding to the midnight before the
     first day of week WEEK of year YEAR.

 -- Function:  DATE.YRDAY (YEAR, YDAY)
     Results in a date value corresponding to the day YDAY of year YEAR.


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5.7.8.5 Functions that Examine Dates
....................................

These functions take numeric arguments in PSPP date or time format and
give numeric results.  These names are used for arguments:

DATE
     A numeric value in PSPP date format.

TIME
     A numeric value in PSPP time format.

TIME-OR-DATE
     A numeric value in PSPP time or date format.

 -- Function:  XDATE.DATE (TIME-OR-DATE)
     For a time, results in the time corresponding to the number of
     whole days DATE-OR-TIME includes.  For a date, results in the date
     corresponding to the latest midnight at or before DATE-OR-TIME;
     that is, gives the date that DATE-OR-TIME is in.

 -- Function:  XDATE.HOUR (TIME-OR-DATE)
     For a time, results in the number of whole hours beyond the number
     of whole days represented by DATE-OR-TIME.  For a date, results in
     the hour (as an integer between 0 and 23) corresponding to
     DATE-OR-TIME.

 -- Function:  XDATE.JDAY (DATE)
     Results in the day of the year (as an integer between 1 and 366)
     corresponding to DATE.

 -- Function:  XDATE.MDAY (DATE)
     Results in the day of the month (as an integer between 1 and 31)
     corresponding to DATE.

 -- Function:  XDATE.MINUTE (TIME-OR-DATE)
     Results in the number of minutes (as an integer between 0 and 59)
     after the last hour in TIME-OR-DATE.

 -- Function:  XDATE.MONTH (DATE)
     Results in the month of the year (as an integer between 1 and 12)
     corresponding to DATE.

 -- Function:  XDATE.QUARTER (DATE)
     Results in the quarter of the year (as an integer between 1 and 4)
     corresponding to DATE.

 -- Function:  XDATE.SECOND (TIME-OR-DATE)
     Results in the number of whole seconds after the last whole minute
     (as an integer between 0 and 59) in TIME-OR-DATE.

 -- Function:  XDATE.TDAY (DATE)
     Results in the number of whole days from 14 Oct 1582 to DATE.

 -- Function:  XDATE.TIME (DATE)
     Results in the time of day at the instant corresponding to DATE,
     as a time value.  This is the number of seconds since midnight on
     the day corresponding to DATE.

 -- Function:  XDATE.WEEK (DATE)
     Results in the week of the year (as an integer between 1 and 53)
     corresponding to DATE.

 -- Function:  XDATE.WKDAY (DATE)
     Results in the day of week (as an integer between 1 and 7)
     corresponding to DATE, where 1 represents Sunday.

 -- Function:  XDATE.YEAR (DATE)
     Returns the year (as an integer 1582 or greater) corresponding to
     DATE.


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5.7.8.6 Time and Date Arithmetic
................................

Ordinary arithmetic operations on dates and times often produce
sensible results.  Adding a time to, or subtracting one from, a date
produces a new date that much earlier or later.  The difference of two
dates yields the time between those dates.  Adding two times produces
the combined time.  Multiplying a time by a scalar produces a time that
many times longer.  Since times and dates are just numbers, the
ordinary addition and subtraction operators are employed for these
purposes.

   Adding two dates does not produce a useful result.

   Dates and times may have very large values.  Thus, it is not a good
idea to take powers of these values; also, the accuracy of some
procedures may be affected.  If necessary, convert times or dates in
seconds to some other unit, like days or years, before performing
analysis.

   PSPP supplies a few functions for date arithmetic:

 -- Function:  DATEDIFF (DATE2, DATE1, UNIT)
     Returns the span of time from DATE1 to DATE2 in terms of UNIT,
     which must be a quoted string, one of `years', `quarters',
     `months', `weeks', `days', `hours', `minutes', and `seconds'.  The
     result is an integer, truncated toward zero.

     One year is considered to span from a given date to the same month,
     day, and time of day the next year.  Thus, from Jan. 1 of one year
     to Jan. 1 the next year is considered to be a full year, but
     Feb. 29 of a leap year to the following Feb. 28 is not.
     Similarly, one month spans from a given day of the month to the
     same day of the following month.  Thus, there is never a full
     month from Jan. 31 of a given year to any day in the following
     February.

 -- Function:  DATESUM (DATE, QUANTITY, UNIT[, METHOD])
     Returns DATE advanced by the given QUANTITY of the specified UNIT,
     which must be one of the strings `years', `quarters', `months',
     `weeks', `days', `hours', `minutes', and `seconds'.

     When UNIT is `years', `quarters', or `months', only the integer
     part of QUANTITY is considered.  Adding one of these units can
     cause the day of the month to exceed the number of days in the
     month.  In this case, the METHOD comes into play: if it is omitted
     or specified as `closest' (as a quoted string), then the resulting
     day is the last day of the month; otherwise, if it is specified as
     `rollover', then the extra days roll over into the following month.

     When UNIT is `weeks', `days', `hours', `minutes', or `seconds',
     the QUANTITY is not rounded to an integer and METHOD, if
     specified, is ignored.


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5.7.9 Miscellaneous Functions
-----------------------------

 -- Function:  LAG (VARIABLE[, N])
     VARIABLE must be a numeric or string variable name.  `LAG' yields
     the value of that variable for the case N before the current one.
     Results in system-missing (for numeric variables) or blanks (for
     string variables) for the first N cases.

     `LAG' obtains values from the cases that become the new active file
     after a procedure executes.  Thus, `LAG' will not return values
     from cases dropped by transformations such as SELECT IF, and
     transformations like COMPUTE that modify data will change the
     values returned by `LAG'.  These are both the case whether these
     transformations precede or follow the use of `LAG'.

     If `LAG' is used before TEMPORARY, then the values it returns are
     those in cases just before TEMPORARY.  `LAG' may not be used after
     TEMPORARY.

     If omitted, NCASES defaults to 1.  Otherwise, NCASES must be a
     small positive constant integer.  There is no explicit limit, but
     use of a large value will increase memory consumption.

 -- Function:  YRMODA (YEAR, MONTH, DAY)
     YEAR is a year, either between 0 and 99 or at least 1582.  Unlike
     other PSPP date functions, years between 0 and 99 always
     correspond to 1900 through 1999.  MONTH is a month between 1 and
     13.  DAY is a day between 0 and 31.  A DAY of 0 refers to the last
     day of the previous month, and a MONTH of 13 refers to the first
     month of the next year.  YEAR must be in range.  YEAR, MONTH, and
     DAY must all be integers.

     `YRMODA' results in the number of days between 15 Oct 1582 and the
     date specified, plus one.  The date passed to `YRMODA' must be on
     or after 15 Oct 1582.  15 Oct 1582 has a value of 1.

 -- Function: VALUELABEL (VARIABLE)
     Returns a string matching the label associated with the current
     value of VARIABLE.  If the current value of VARIABLE has no
     associated label, then this function returns the empty string.
     VARIABLE may be a numeric or string variable.


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5.7.10 Statistical Distribution Functions
-----------------------------------------

PSPP can calculate several functions of standard statistical
distributions.  These functions are named systematically based on the
function and the distribution.  The table below describes the
statistical distribution functions in general:

PDF.DIST (X[, PARAM...])
     Probability density function for DIST.  The domain of X depends on
     DIST.  For continuous distributions, the result is the density of
     the probability function at X, and the range is nonnegative real
     numbers.  For discrete distributions, the result is the
     probability of X.

CDF.DIST (X[, PARAM...])
     Cumulative distribution function for DIST, that is, the
     probability that a random variate drawn from the distribution is
     less than X.  The domain of X depends DIST.  The result is a
     probability.

SIG.DIST (X[, PARAM...)
     Tail probability function for DIST, that is, the probability that
     a random variate drawn from the distribution is greater than X.
     The domain of X depends DIST.  The result is a probability.  Only
     a few distributions include an SIG function.

IDF.DIST (P[, PARAM...])
     Inverse distribution function for DIST, the value of X for which
     the CDF would yield P.  The value of P is a probability.  The
     range depends on DIST and is identical to the domain for the
     corresponding CDF.

RV.DIST ([PARAM...])
     Random variate function for DIST.  The range depends on the
     distribution.

NPDF.DIST (X[, PARAM...])
     Noncentral probability density function.  The result is the
     density of the given noncentral distribution at X.  The domain of X
     depends on DIST.  The range is nonnegative real numbers.  Only a
     few distributions include an NPDF function.

NCDF.DIST (X[, PARAM...])
     Noncentral cumulative distribution function for DIST, that is, the
     probability that a random variate drawn from the given noncentral
     distribution is less than X.  The domain of X depends DIST.  The
     result is a probability.  Only a few distributions include an NCDF
     function.

   The individual distributions are described individually below.

* Menu:

* Continuous Distributions::
* Discrete Distributions::


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5.7.10.1 Continuous Distributions
.................................

The following continuous distributions are available:

 -- Function:  PDF.BETA (X)
 -- Function:  CDF.BETA (X, A, B)
 -- Function:  IDF.BETA (P, A, B)
 -- Function:  RV.BETA (A, B)
 -- Function:  NPDF.BETA (X, A, B, LAMBDA)
 -- Function:  NCDF.BETA (X, A, B, LAMBDA)
     Beta distribution with shape parameters A and B.  The noncentral
     distribution takes an additional parameter LAMBDA.  Constraints: A
     > 0, B > 0, LAMBDA >= 0, 0 <= X <= 1, 0 <= P <= 1.

 -- Function:  PDF.BVNOR (X0, X1, RHO)
 -- Function:  CDF.VBNOR (X0, X1, RHO)
     Bivariate normal distribution of two standard normal variables with
     correlation coefficient RHO.  Two variates X0 and X1 must be
     provided.  Constraints: 0 <= RHO <= 1, 0 <= P <= 1.

 -- Function:  PDF.CAUCHY (X, A, B)
 -- Function:  CDF.CAUCHY (X, A, B)
 -- Function:  IDF.CAUCHY (P, A, B)
 -- Function:  RV.CAUCHY (A, B)
     Cauchy distribution with location parameter A and scale parameter
     B.  Constraints: B > 0, 0 < P < 1.

 -- Function:  PDF.CHISQ (X, DF)
 -- Function:  CDF.CHISQ (X, DF)
 -- Function:  SIG.CHISQ (X, DF)
 -- Function:  IDF.CHISQ (P, DF)
 -- Function:  RV.CHISQ (DF)
 -- Function:  NPDF.CHISQ (X, DF, LAMBDA)
 -- Function:  NCDF.CHISQ (X, DF, LAMBDA)
     Chi-squared distribution with DF degrees of freedom.  The
     noncentral distribution takes an additional parameter LAMBDA.
     Constraints: DF > 0, LAMBDA > 0, X >= 0, 0 <= P < 1.

 -- Function:  PDF.EXP (X, A)
 -- Function:  CDF.EXP (X, A)
 -- Function:  IDF.EXP (P, A)
 -- Function:  RV.EXP (A)
     Exponential distribution with scale parameter A.  The inverse of A
     represents the rate of decay.  Constraints: A > 0, X >= 0, 0 <= P
     < 1.

 -- Function:  PDF.XPOWER (X, A, B)
 -- Function:  RV.XPOWER (A, B)
     Exponential power distribution with positive scale parameter A and
     nonnegative power parameter B.  Constraints: A > 0, B >= 0, X >=
     0, 0 <= P <= 1.  This distribution is a PSPP extension.

 -- Function:  PDF.F (X, DF1, DF2)
 -- Function:  CDF.F (X, DF1, DF2)
 -- Function:  SIG.F (X, DF1, DF2)
 -- Function:  IDF.F (P, DF1, DF2)
 -- Function:  RV.F (DF1, DF2)
 -- Function:  NPDF.F (X, DF1, DF2, LAMBDA)
 -- Function:  NCDF.F (X, DF1, DF2, LAMBDA)
     F-distribution of two chi-squared deviates with DF1 and DF2
     degrees of freedom.  The noncentral distribution takes an
     additional parameter LAMBDA.  Constraints: DF1 > 0, DF2 > 0,
     LAMBDA >= 0, X >= 0, 0 <= P < 1.

 -- Function:  PDF.GAMMA (X, A, B)
 -- Function:  CDF.GAMMA (X, A, B)
 -- Function:  IDF.GAMMA (P, A, B)
 -- Function:  RV.GAMMA (A, B)
     Gamma distribution with shape parameter A and scale parameter B.
     Constraints: A > 0, B > 0, X >= 0, 0 <= P < 1.

 -- Function:  PDF.HALFNRM (X, A, B)
 -- Function:  CDF.HALFNRM (X, A, B)
 -- Function:  IDF.HALFNRM (P, A, B)
 -- Function:  RV.HALFNRM (A, B)
     Half-normal distribution with location parameter A and shape
     parameter B.  Constraints: B > 0, 0 < P < 1.

 -- Function:  PDF.IGAUSS (X, A, B)
 -- Function:  CDF.IGAUSS (X, A, B)
 -- Function:  IDF.IGAUSS (P, A, B)
 -- Function:  RV.IGAUSS (A, B)
     Inverse Gaussian distribution with parameters A and B.
     Constraints: A > 0, B > 0, X > 0, 0 <= P < 1.

 -- Function:  PDF.LANDAU (X)
 -- Function:  RV.LANDAU ()
     Landau distribution.

 -- Function:  PDF.LAPLACE (X, A, B)
 -- Function:  CDF.LAPLACE (X, A, B)
 -- Function:  IDF.LAPLACE (P, A, B)
 -- Function:  RV.LAPLACE (A, B)
     Laplace distribution with location parameter A and scale parameter
     B.  Constraints: B > 0, 0 < P < 1.

 -- Function:  RV.LEVY (C, ALPHA)
     Levy symmetric alpha-stable distribution with scale C and exponent
     ALPHA.  Constraints: 0 < ALPHA <= 2.

 -- Function:  RV.LVSKEW (C, ALPHA, BETA)
     Levy skew alpha-stable distribution with scale C, exponent ALPHA,
     and skewness parameter BETA.  Constraints: 0 < ALPHA <= 2, -1 <=
     BETA <= 1.

 -- Function:  PDF.LOGISTIC (X, A, B)
 -- Function:  CDF.LOGISTIC (X, A, B)
 -- Function:  IDF.LOGISTIC (P, A, B)
 -- Function:  RV.LOGISTIC (A, B)
     Logistic distribution with location parameter A and scale
     parameter B.  Constraints: B > 0, 0 < P < 1.

 -- Function:  PDF.LNORMAL (X, A, B)
 -- Function:  CDF.LNORMAL (X, A, B)
 -- Function:  IDF.LNORMAL (P, A, B)
 -- Function:  RV.LNORMAL (A, B)
     Lognormal distribution with parameters A and B.  Constraints: A >
     0, B > 0, X >= 0, 0 <= P < 1.

 -- Function:  PDF.NORMAL (X, MU, SIGMA)
 -- Function:  CDF.NORMAL (X, MU, SIGMA)
 -- Function:  IDF.NORMAL (P, MU, SIGMA)
 -- Function:  RV.NORMAL (MU, SIGMA)
     Normal distribution with mean MU and standard deviation SIGMA.
     Constraints: B > 0, 0 < P < 1.  Three additional functions are
     available as shorthand:

      -- Function:  CDFNORM (X)
          Equivalent to CDF.NORMAL(X, 0, 1).

      -- Function:  PROBIT (P)
          Equivalent to IDF.NORMAL(P, 0, 1).

      -- Function:  NORMAL (SIGMA)
          Equivalent to RV.NORMAL(0, SIGMA).

 -- Function:  PDF.NTAIL (X, A, SIGMA)
 -- Function:  RV.NTAIL (A, SIGMA)
     Normal tail distribution with lower limit A and standard deviation
     SIGMA.  This distribution is a PSPP extension.  Constraints: A >
     0, X > A, 0 < P < 1.

 -- Function:  PDF.PARETO (X, A, B)
 -- Function:  CDF.PARETO (X, A, B)
 -- Function:  IDF.PARETO (P, A, B)
 -- Function:  RV.PARETO (A, B)
     Pareto distribution with threshold parameter A and shape parameter
     B.  Constraints: A > 0, B > 0, X >= A, 0 <= P < 1.

 -- Function:  PDF.RAYLEIGH (X, SIGMA)
 -- Function:  CDF.RAYLEIGH (X, SIGMA)
 -- Function:  IDF.RAYLEIGH (P, SIGMA)
 -- Function:  RV.RAYLEIGH (SIGMA)
     Rayleigh distribution with scale parameter SIGMA.  This
     distribution is a PSPP extension.  Constraints: SIGMA > 0, X > 0.

 -- Function:  PDF.RTAIL (X, A, SIGMA)
 -- Function:  RV.RTAIL (A, SIGMA)
     Rayleigh tail distribution with lower limit A and scale parameter
     SIGMA.  This distribution is a PSPP extension.  Constraints: A >
     0, SIGMA > 0, X > A.

 -- Function:  CDF.SMOD (X, A, B)
 -- Function:  IDF.SMOD (P, A, B)
     Studentized maximum modulus distribution with parameters A and B.
     Constraints: A > 0, B > 0, X > 0, 0 <= P < 1.

 -- Function:  CDF.SRANGE (X, A, B)
 -- Function:  IDF.SRANGE (P, A, B)
     Studentized range distribution with parameters A and B.
     Constraints:  A >= 1, B >= 1, X > 0, 0 <= P < 1.

 -- Function:  PDF.T (X, DF)
 -- Function:  CDF.T (X, DF)
 -- Function:  IDF.T (P, DF)
 -- Function:  RV.T (DF)
 -- Function:  NPDF.T (X, DF, LAMBDA)
 -- Function:  NCDF.T (X, DF, LAMBDA)
     T-distribution with DF degrees of freedom.  The noncentral
     distribution takes an additional parameter LAMBDA.  Constraints:
     DF > 0, 0 < P < 1.

 -- Function:  PDF.T1G (X, A, B)
 -- Function:  CDF.T1G (X, A, B)
 -- Function:  IDF.T1G (P, A, B)
     Type-1 Gumbel distribution with parameters A and B.  This
     distribution is a PSPP extension.  Constraints: 0 < P < 1.

 -- Function:  PDF.T2G (X, A, B)
 -- Function:  CDF.T2G (X, A, B)
 -- Function:  IDF.T2G (P, A, B)
     Type-2 Gumbel distribution with parameters A and B.  This
     distribution is a PSPP extension.  Constraints: X > 0, 0 < P < 1.

 -- Function:  PDF.UNIFORM (X, A, B)
 -- Function:  CDF.UNIFORM (X, A, B)
 -- Function:  IDF.UNIFORM (P, A, B)
 -- Function:  RV.UNIFORM (A, B)
     Uniform distribution with parameters A and B.  Constraints: A <= X
     <= B, 0 <= P <= 1.  An additional function is available as
     shorthand:

      -- Function:  UNIFORM (B)
          Equivalent to RV.UNIFORM(0, B).

 -- Function:  PDF.WEIBULL (X, A, B)
 -- Function:  CDF.WEIBULL (X, A, B)
 -- Function:  IDF.WEIBULL (P, A, B)
 -- Function:  RV.WEIBULL (A, B)
     Weibull distribution with parameters A and B.  Constraints: A > 0,
     B > 0, X >= 0, 0 <= P < 1.


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5.7.10.2 Discrete Distributions
...............................

The following discrete distributions are available:

 -- Function:  PDF.BERNOULLI (X)
 -- Function:  CDF.BERNOULLI (X, P)
 -- Function:  RV.BERNOULLI (P)
     Bernoulli distribution with probability of success P.
     Constraints: X = 0 or 1, 0 <= P <= 1.

 -- Function:  PDF.BINOMIAL (X, N, P)
 -- Function:  CDF.BINOMIAL (X, N, P)
 -- Function:  RV.BINOMIAL (N, P)
     Binomial distribution with N trials and probability of success P.
     Constraints: integer N > 0, 0 <= P <= 1, integer X <= N.

 -- Function:  PDF.GEOM (X, N, P)
 -- Function:  CDF.GEOM (X, N, P)
 -- Function:  RV.GEOM (N, P)
     Geometric distribution with probability of success P.
     Constraints: 0 <= P <= 1, integer X > 0.

 -- Function:  PDF.HYPER (X, A, B, C)
 -- Function:  CDF.HYPER (X, A, B, C)
 -- Function:  RV.HYPER (A, B, C)
     Hypergeometric distribution when B objects out of A are drawn and
     C of the available objects are distinctive.  Constraints: integer
     A > 0, integer B <= A, integer C <= A, integer X >= 0.

 -- Function:  PDF.LOG (X, P)
 -- Function:  RV.LOG (P)
     Logarithmic distribution with probability parameter P.
     Constraints: 0 <= P < 1, X >= 1.

 -- Function:  PDF.NEGBIN (X, N, P)
 -- Function:  CDF.NEGBIN (X, N, P)
 -- Function:  RV.NEGBIN (N, P)
     Negative binomial distribution with number of successes paramter N
     and probability of success parameter P.  Constraints: integer N >=
     0, 0 < P <= 1, integer X >= 1.

 -- Function:  PDF.POISSON (X, MU)
 -- Function:  CDF.POISSON (X, MU)
 -- Function:  RV.POISSON (MU)
     Poisson distribution with mean MU.  Constraints: MU > 0, integer X
     >= 0.


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5.8 Operator Precedence
=======================

The following table describes operator precedence.  Smaller-numbered
levels in the table have higher precedence.  Within a level, operations
are always performed from left to right.  The first occurrence of `-'
represents unary negation, the second binary subtraction.

  1. `(  )'

  2. `**'

  3. `-'

  4. `*  /'

  5. `+  -'

  6. `EQ  GE  GT  LE  LT  NE'

  7. `AND  NOT  OR'



File: pspp.info,  Node: Data Input and Output,  Next: System and Portable Files,  Prev: Expressions,  Up: Top

6 Data Input and Output
***********************

Data are the focus of the PSPP language.  Each datum  belongs to a
"case" (also called an "observation").  Each case represents an
individual or "experimental unit".  For example, in the results of a
survey, the names of the respondents, their sex, age, etc. and their
responses are all data and the data pertaining to single respondent is
a case.  This chapter examines the PSPP commands for defining variables
and reading and writing data.  There are alternative commands to  read
data from predefined sources such as system files or databases (*Note
GET DATA: GET.)

     Note: These commands tell PSPP how to read data, but the data will
     not actually be read until a procedure is executed.

* Menu:

* BEGIN DATA::                  Embed data within a syntax file.
* CLOSE FILE HANDLE::           Close a file handle.
* DATA LIST::                   Fundamental data reading command.
* END CASE::                    Output the current case.
* END FILE::                    Terminate the current input program.
* FILE HANDLE::                 Support for special file formats.
* INPUT PROGRAM::               Support for complex input programs.
* LIST::                        List cases in the active file.
* NEW FILE::                    Clear the active file and dictionary.
* PRINT::                       Display values in print formats.
* PRINT EJECT::                 Eject the current page then print.
* PRINT SPACE::                 Print blank lines.
* REREAD::                      Take another look at the previous input line.
* REPEATING DATA::              Multiple cases on a single line.
* WRITE::                       Display values in write formats.


File: pspp.info,  Node: BEGIN DATA,  Next: CLOSE FILE HANDLE,  Up: Data Input and Output

6.1 BEGIN DATA
==============

     BEGIN DATA.
     ...
     END DATA.

   BEGIN DATA and END DATA can be used to embed raw ASCII data in a
PSPP syntax file.  DATA LIST or another input procedure must be used
before BEGIN DATA (*note DATA LIST::).  BEGIN DATA and END DATA must be
used together.  END DATA must appear by itself on a single line, with
no leading white space and exactly one space between the words `END' and
`DATA', like this:

     END DATA.


File: pspp.info,  Node: CLOSE FILE HANDLE,  Next: DATA LIST,  Prev: BEGIN DATA,  Up: Data Input and Output

6.2 CLOSE FILE HANDLE
=====================

     CLOSE FILE HANDLE handle_name.

   CLOSE FILE HANDLE disassociates the name of a file handle with a
given file.  The only specification is the name of the handle to close.
Afterward FILE HANDLE.

   If the file handle name refers to a scratch file, then the storage
associated with the scratch file in memory or on disk will be freed.
If the scratch file is in use, e.g. it has been specified on a GET
command whose execution has not completed, then freeing is delayed
until it is no longer in use.

   The file named INLINE, which represents data entered between BEGIN
DATA and END DATA, cannot be closed.  Attempts to close it with CLOSE
FILE HANDLE have no effect.

   CLOSE FILE HANDLE is a PSPP extension.


File: pspp.info,  Node: DATA LIST,  Next: END CASE,  Prev: CLOSE FILE HANDLE,  Up: Data Input and Output

6.3 DATA LIST
=============

Used to read text or binary data, DATA LIST is the most fundamental
data-reading command.  Even the more sophisticated input methods use
DATA LIST commands as a building block.  Understanding DATA LIST is
important to understanding how to use PSPP to read your data files.

   There are two major variants of DATA LIST, which are fixed format
and free format.  In addition, free format has a minor variant, list
format, which is discussed in terms of its differences from vanilla
free format.

   Each form of DATA LIST is described in detail below.

   *Note GET DATA::, for a command that offers a few enhancements over
DATA LIST and that may be substituted for DATA LIST in many situations.

* Menu:

* DATA LIST FIXED::             Fixed columnar locations for data.
* DATA LIST FREE::              Any spacing you like.
* DATA LIST LIST::              Each case must be on a single line.


File: pspp.info,  Node: DATA LIST FIXED,  Next: DATA LIST FREE,  Up: DATA LIST

6.3.1 DATA LIST FIXED
---------------------

     DATA LIST [FIXED]
             {TABLE,NOTABLE}
             [FILE='file-name']
             [RECORDS=record_count]
             [END=end_var]
             [SKIP=record_count]
             /[line_no] var_spec...

     where each var_spec takes one of the forms
             var_list start-end [type_spec]
             var_list (fortran_spec)

   DATA LIST FIXED is used to read data files that have values at fixed
positions on each line of single-line or multiline records.  The
keyword FIXED is optional.

   The FILE subcommand must be used if input is to be taken from an
external file.  It may be used to specify a file name as a string or a
file handle (*note File Handles::).  If the FILE subcommand is not used,
then input is assumed to be specified within the command file using
BEGIN DATA...END DATA (*note BEGIN DATA::).

   The optional RECORDS subcommand, which takes a single integer as an
argument, is used to specify the number of lines per record.  If RECORDS
is not specified, then the number of lines per record is calculated from
the list of variable specifications later in DATA LIST.

   The END subcommand is only useful in conjunction with INPUT PROGRAM.
*Note INPUT PROGRAM::, for details.

   The optional SKIP subcommand specifies a number of records to skip at
the beginning of an input file.  It can be used to skip over a row that
contains variable names, for example.

   DATA LIST can optionally output a table describing how the data file
will be read.  The TABLE subcommand enables this output, and NOTABLE
disables it.  The default is to output the table.

   The list of variables to be read from the data list must come last.
Each line in the data record is introduced by a slash (`/').
Optionally, a line number may follow the slash.  Following, any number
of variable specifications may be present.

   Each variable specification consists of a list of variable names
followed by a description of their location on the input line.  Sets of
variables may be specified using the `DATA LIST' TO convention (*note
Sets of Variables::).  There are two ways to specify the location of
the variable on the line: columnar style and FORTRAN style.

   In columnar style, the starting column and ending column for the
field are specified after the variable name, separated by a dash (`-').
For instance, the third through fifth columns on a line would be
specified `3-5'.  By default, variables are considered to be in `F'
format (*note Input and Output Formats::).  (This default can be
changed; see *note SET:: for more information.)

   In columnar style, to use a variable format other than the default,
specify the format type in parentheses after the column numbers.  For
instance, for alphanumeric `A' format, use `(A)'.

   In addition, implied decimal places can be specified in parentheses
after the column numbers.  As an example, suppose that a data file has a
field in which the characters `1234' should be interpreted as having
the value 12.34.  Then this field has two implied decimal places, and
the corresponding specification would be `(2)'.  If a field that has
implied decimal places contains a decimal point, then the implied
decimal places are not applied.

   Changing the variable format and adding implied decimal places can be
done together; for instance, `(N,5)'.

   When using columnar style, the input and output width of each
variable is computed from the field width.  The field width must be
evenly divisible into the number of variables specified.

   FORTRAN style is an altogether different approach to specifying field
locations.  With this approach, a list of variable input format
specifications, separated by commas, are placed after the variable names
inside parentheses.  Each format specifier advances as many characters
into the input line as it uses.

   Implied decimal places also exist in FORTRAN style.  A format
specification with D decimal places also has D implied decimal places.

   In addition to the standard format specifiers (*note Input and
Output Formats::), FORTRAN style defines some extensions:

`X'
     Advance the current column on this line by one character position.

`T'X
     Set the current column on this line to column X, with column
     numbers considered to begin with 1 at the left margin.

`NEWREC'X
     Skip forward X lines in the current record, resetting the active
     column to the left margin.

Repeat count
     Any format specifier may be preceded by a number.  This causes the
     action of that format specifier to be repeated the specified
     number of times.

(SPEC1, ..., SPECN)
     Group the given specifiers together.  This is most useful when
     preceded by a repeat count.  Groups may be nested arbitrarily.

   FORTRAN and columnar styles may be freely intermixed.  Columnar style
leaves the active column immediately after the ending column specified.
Record motion using `NEWREC' in FORTRAN style also applies to later
FORTRAN and columnar specifiers.

* Menu:

* DATA LIST FIXED Examples::    Examples of DATA LIST FIXED.


File: pspp.info,  Node: DATA LIST FIXED Examples,  Up: DATA LIST FIXED

Examples
........

  1.      DATA LIST TABLE /NAME 1-10 (A) INFO1 TO INFO3 12-17 (1).

          BEGIN DATA.
          John Smith 102311
          Bob Arnold 122015
          Bill Yates  918 6
          END DATA.

     Defines the following variables:

        * `NAME', a 10-character-wide long string variable, in columns 1
          through 10.

        * `INFO1', a numeric variable, in columns 12 through 13.

        * `INFO2', a numeric variable, in columns 14 through 15.

        * `INFO3', a numeric variable, in columns 16 through 17.

     The `BEGIN DATA'/`END DATA' commands cause three cases to be
     defined:

          Case   NAME         INFO1   INFO2   INFO3
             1   John Smith     10      23      11
             2   Bob Arnold     12      20      15
             3   Bill Yates      9      18       6

     The `TABLE' keyword causes PSPP to print out a table describing
     the four variables defined.

  2.      DAT LIS FIL="survey.dat"
                  /ID 1-5 NAME 7-36 (A) SURNAME 38-67 (A) MINITIAL 69 (A)
                  /Q01 TO Q50 7-56
                  /.

     Defines the following variables:

        * `ID', a numeric variable, in columns 1-5 of the first record.

        * `NAME', a 30-character long string variable, in columns 7-36
          of the first record.

        * `SURNAME', a 30-character long string variable, in columns
          38-67 of the first record.

        * `MINITIAL', a 1-character short string variable, in column 69
          of the first record.

        * Fifty variables `Q01', `Q02', `Q03', ..., `Q49', `Q50', all
          numeric, `Q01' in column 7, `Q02' in column 8, ..., `Q49' in
          column 55, `Q50' in column 56, all in the second record.

     Cases are separated by a blank record.

     Data is read from file `survey.dat' in the current directory.

     This example shows keywords abbreviated to their first 3 letters.



File: pspp.info,  Node: DATA LIST FREE,  Next: DATA LIST LIST,  Prev: DATA LIST FIXED,  Up: DATA LIST

6.3.2 DATA LIST FREE
--------------------

     DATA LIST FREE
             [({TAB,'c'}, ...)]
             [{NOTABLE,TABLE}]
             [FILE='file-name']
             [SKIP=record_cnt]
             /var_spec...

     where each var_spec takes one of the forms
             var_list [(type_spec)]
             var_list *

   In free format, the input data is, by default, structured as a series
of fields separated by spaces, tabs, commas, or line breaks.  Each
field's content may be unquoted, or it may be quoted with a pairs of
apostrophes (`'') or double quotes (`"').  Unquoted white space
separates fields but is not part of any field.  Any mix of spaces,
tabs, and line breaks is equivalent to a single space for the purpose
of separating fields, but consecutive commas will skip a field.

   Alternatively, delimiters can be specified explicitly, as a
parenthesized, comma-separated list of single-character strings
immediately following FREE.  The word TAB may also be used to specify a
tab character as a delimiter.  When delimiters are specified
explicitly, only the given characters, plus line breaks, separate
fields.  Furthermore, leading spaces at the beginnings of fields are
not trimmed, consecutive delimiters define empty fields, and no form of
quoting is allowed.

   The NOTABLE and TABLE subcommands are as in DATA LIST FIXED above.
NOTABLE is the default.

   The FILE and SKIP subcommands are as in DATA LIST FIXED above.

   The variables to be parsed are given as a single list of variable
names.  This list must be introduced by a single slash (`/').  The set
of variable names may contain format specifications in parentheses
(*note Input and Output Formats::).  Format specifications apply to all
variables back to the previous parenthesized format specification.

   In addition, an asterisk may be used to indicate that all variables
preceding it are to have input/output format `F8.0'.

   Specified field widths are ignored on input, although all normal
limits on field width apply, but they are honored on output.


File: pspp.info,  Node: DATA LIST LIST,  Prev: DATA LIST FREE,  Up: DATA LIST

6.3.3 DATA LIST LIST
--------------------

     DATA LIST LIST
             [({TAB,'c'}, ...)]
             [{NOTABLE,TABLE}]
             [FILE='file-name']
             [SKIP=record_count]
             /var_spec...

     where each var_spec takes one of the forms
             var_list [(type_spec)]
             var_list *

   With one exception, DATA LIST LIST is syntactically and semantically
equivalent to DATA LIST FREE.  The exception is that each input line is
expected to correspond to exactly one input record.  If more or fewer
fields are found on an input line than expected, an appropriate
diagnostic is issued.


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6.4 END CASE
============

     END CASE.

   END CASE is used only within INPUT PROGRAM to output the current
case.  *Note INPUT PROGRAM::, for details.


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6.5 END FILE
============

     END FILE.

   END FILE is used only within INPUT PROGRAM to terminate the current
input program.  *Note INPUT PROGRAM::.


File: pspp.info,  Node: FILE HANDLE,  Next: INPUT PROGRAM,  Prev: END FILE,  Up: Data Input and Output

6.6 FILE HANDLE
===============

     For text files:
             FILE HANDLE handle_name
                     /NAME='file-name'
                     [/MODE=CHARACTER]
                     /TABWIDTH=tab_width

     For binary files in native encoding with fixed-length records:
             FILE HANDLE handle_name
                     /NAME='file-name'
                     /MODE=IMAGE
                     [/LRECL=rec_len]

     For binary files in native encoding with variable-length records:
             FILE HANDLE handle_name
                     /NAME='file-name'
                     /MODE=BINARY
                     [/LRECL=rec_len]

     For binary files encoded in EBCDIC:
             FILE HANDLE handle_name
                     /NAME='file-name'
                     /MODE=360
                     /RECFORM={FIXED,VARIABLE,SPANNED}
                     [/LRECL=rec_len]

     To explicitly declare a scratch handle:
             FILE HANDLE handle_name
                     /MODE=SCRATCH

   Use FILE HANDLE to associate a file handle name with a file and its
attributes, so that later commands can refer to the file by its handle
name.  Names of text files can be specified directly on commands that
access files, so that FILE HANDLE is only needed when a file is not an
ordinary file containing lines of text.  However, FILE HANDLE may be
used even for text files, and it may be easier to specify a file's name
once and later refer to it by an abstract handle.

   Specify the file handle name as the identifier immediately following
the FILE HANDLE command name.  The identifier INLINE is reserved for
representing data embedded in the syntax file (*note BEGIN DATA::) The
file handle name must not already have been used in a previous
invocation of FILE HANDLE, unless it has been closed by an intervening
command (*note CLOSE FILE HANDLE::).

   The effect and syntax of FILE HANDLE depends on the selected MODE:

   * In CHARACTER mode, the default, the data file is read as a text
     file, according to the local system's conventions, and each text
     line is read as one record.

     In CHARACTER mode only, tabs are expanded to spaces by input
     programs, except by DATA LIST FREE with explicitly specified
     delimiters.  Each tab is 4 characters wide by default, but
     TABWIDTH (a PSPP extension) may be used to specify an alternate
     width.  Use a TABWIDTH of 0 to suppress tab expansion.

   * In IMAGE mode, the data file is treated as a series of fixed-length
     binary records.  LRECL should be used to specify the record length
     in bytes, with a default of 1024.  On input, it is an error if an
     IMAGE file's length is not a integer multiple of the record
     length.  On output, each record is padded with spaces or
     truncated, if necessary, to make it exactly the correct length.

   * In BINARY mode, the data file is treated as a series of
     variable-length binary records.  LRECL may be specified, but its
     value is ignored.  The data for each record is both preceded and
     followed by a 32-bit signed integer in little-endian byte order
     that specifies the length of the record.  (This redundancy permits
     records in these files to be efficiently read in reverse order,
     although PSPP always reads them in forward order.)  The length
     does not include either integer.

   * Mode 360 reads and writes files in formats first used for tapes in
     the 1960s on IBM mainframe operating systems and still supported
     today by the modern successors of those operating systems.  For
     more information, see `OS/400 Tape and Diskette Device
     Programming', available on IBM's website.

     Alphanumeric data in mode 360 files are encoded in EBCDIC.  PSPP
     translates EBCDIC to or from the host's native format as necessary
     on input or output, using an ASCII/EBCDIC translation that is
     one-to-one, so that a "round trip" from ASCII to EBCDIC back to
     ASCII, or vice versa, always yields exactly the original data.

     The RECFORM subcommand is required in mode 360.  The precise file
     format depends on its setting:

    F
    FIXED
          This record format is equivalent to IMAGE mode, except for
          EBCDIC translation.

          IBM documentation calls this `*F' (fixed-length, deblocked)
          format.

    V
    VARIABLE
          The file comprises a sequence of zero or more variable-length
          blocks.  Each block begins with a 4-byte "block descriptor
          word" (BDW).  The first two bytes of the BDW are an unsigned
          integer in big-endian byte order that specifies the length of
          the block, including the BDW itself.  The other two bytes of
          the BDW are ignored on input and written as zeros on output.

          Following the BDW, the remainder of each block is a sequence
          of one or more variable-length records, each of which in turn
          begins with a 4-byte "record descriptor word" (RDW) that has
          the same format as the BDW.  Following the RDW, the remainder
          of each record is the record data.

          The maximum length of a record in VARIABLE mode is 65,527
          bytes: 65,535 bytes (the maximum value of a 16-bit unsigned
          integer), minus 4 bytes for the BDW, minus 4 bytes for the
          RDW.

          In mode VARIABLE, LRECL specifies a maximum, not a fixed,
          record length, in bytes.  The default is 8,192.

          IBM documentation calls this `*VB' (variable-length, blocked,
          unspanned) format.

    VS
    SPANNED
          The file format is like that of VARIABLE mode, except that
          logical records may be split among multiple physical records
          (called "segments") or blocks.  In SPANNED mode, the third
          byte of each RDW is called the segment control character
          (SCC).  Odd SCC values cause the segment to be appended to a
          record buffer maintained in memory; even values also append
          the segment and then flush its contents to the input
          procedure.  Canonically, SCC value 0 designates a record not
          spanned among multiple segments, and values 1 through 3
          designate the first segment, the last segment, or an
          intermediate segment, respectively, within a multi-segment
          record.  The record buffer is also flushed at end of file
          regardless of the final record's SCC.

          The maximum length of a logical record in VARIABLE mode is
          limited only by memory available to PSPP.  Segments are
          limited to 65,527 bytes, as in VARIABLE mode.

          This format is similar to what IBM documentation call `*VS'
          (variable-length, deblocked, spanned) format.

     In mode 360, fields of type A that extend beyond the end of a
     record read from disk are padded with spaces in the host's native
     character set, which are then translated from EBCDIC to the native
     character set.  Thus, when the host's native character set is
     based on ASCII, these fields are effectively padded with character
     `X'80''.  This wart is implemented for compatibility.

   * SCRATCH mode is a PSPP extension that designates the file handle
     as a scratch file handle.  Its use is usually unnecessary because
     file handle names that begin with `#' are assumed to refer to
     scratch files.  *note File Handles::, for more information.

   The NAME subcommand specifies the name of the file associated with
the handle.  It is required in all modes but SCRATCH mode, in which its
use is forbidden.


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6.7 INPUT PROGRAM
=================

     INPUT PROGRAM.
     ... input commands ...
     END INPUT PROGRAM.

   INPUT PROGRAM...END INPUT PROGRAM specifies a complex input program.
By placing data input commands within INPUT PROGRAM, PSPP programs can
take advantage of more complex file structures than available with only
DATA LIST.

   The first sort of extended input program is to simply put multiple
DATA LIST commands within the INPUT PROGRAM.  This will cause all of
the data files to be read in parallel.  Input will stop when end of
file is reached on any of the data files.

   Transformations, such as conditional and looping constructs, can
also be included within INPUT PROGRAM.  These can be used to combine
input from several data files in more complex ways.  However, input
will still stop when end of file is reached on any of the data files.

   To prevent INPUT PROGRAM from terminating at the first end of file,
use the END subcommand on DATA LIST.  This subcommand takes a variable
name, which should be a numeric scratch variable (*note Scratch
Variables::).  (It need not be a scratch variable but otherwise the
results can be surprising.)  The value of this variable is set to 0
when reading the data file, or 1 when end of file is encountered.

   Two additional commands are useful in conjunction with INPUT PROGRAM.
END CASE is the first.  Normally each loop through the INPUT PROGRAM
structure produces one case.  END CASE controls exactly when cases are
output.  When END CASE is used, looping from the end of INPUT PROGRAM
to the beginning does not cause a case to be output.

   END FILE is the second.  When the END subcommand is used on DATA
LIST, there is no way for the INPUT PROGRAM construct to stop looping,
so an infinite loop results.  END FILE, when executed, stops the flow
of input data and passes out of the INPUT PROGRAM structure.

   All this is very confusing.  A few examples should help to clarify.

     INPUT PROGRAM.
             DATA LIST NOTABLE FILE='a.data'/X 1-10.
             DATA LIST NOTABLE FILE='b.data'/Y 1-10.
     END INPUT PROGRAM.
     LIST.

   The example above reads variable X from file `a.data' and variable Y
from file `b.data'.  If one file is shorter than the other then the
extra data in the longer file is ignored.

     INPUT PROGRAM.
             NUMERIC #A #B.

             DO IF NOT #A.
                     DATA LIST NOTABLE END=#A FILE='a.data'/X 1-10.
             END IF.
             DO IF NOT #B.
                     DATA LIST NOTABLE END=#B FILE='b.data'/Y 1-10.
             END IF.
             DO IF #A AND #B.
                     END FILE.
             END IF.
             END CASE.
     END INPUT PROGRAM.
     LIST.

   The above example reads variable X from `a.data' and variable Y from
`b.data'.  If one file is shorter than the other then the missing field
is set to the system-missing value alongside the present value for the
remaining length of the longer file.

     INPUT PROGRAM.
             NUMERIC #A #B.

             DO IF #A.
                     DATA LIST NOTABLE END=#B FILE='b.data'/X 1-10.
                     DO IF #B.
                             END FILE.
                     ELSE.
                             END CASE.
                     END IF.
             ELSE.
                     DATA LIST NOTABLE END=#A FILE='a.data'/X 1-10.
                     DO IF NOT #A.
                             END CASE.
                     END IF.
             END IF.
     END INPUT PROGRAM.
     LIST.

   The above example reads data from file `a.data', then from `b.data',
and concatenates them into a single active file.

     INPUT PROGRAM.
             NUMERIC #EOF.

             LOOP IF NOT #EOF.
                     DATA LIST NOTABLE END=#EOF FILE='a.data'/X 1-10.
                     DO IF NOT #EOF.
                             END CASE.
                     END IF.
             END LOOP.

             COMPUTE #EOF = 0.
             LOOP IF NOT #EOF.
                     DATA LIST NOTABLE END=#EOF FILE='b.data'/X 1-10.
                     DO IF NOT #EOF.
                             END CASE.
                     END IF.
             END LOOP.

             END FILE.
     END INPUT PROGRAM.
     LIST.

   The above example does the same thing as the previous example, in a
different way.

     INPUT PROGRAM.
             LOOP #I=1 TO 50.
                     COMPUTE X=UNIFORM(10).
                     END CASE.
             END LOOP.
             END FILE.
     END INPUT PROGRAM.
     LIST/FORMAT=NUMBERED.

   The above example causes an active file to be created consisting of
50 random variates between 0 and 10.


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6.8 LIST
========

     LIST
             /VARIABLES=var_list
             /CASES=FROM start_index TO end_index BY incr_index
             /FORMAT={UNNUMBERED,NUMBERED} {WRAP,SINGLE}
                     {NOWEIGHT,WEIGHT}

   The LIST procedure prints the values of specified variables to the
listing file.

   The VARIABLES subcommand specifies the variables whose values are to
be printed.  Keyword VARIABLES is optional.  If VARIABLES subcommand is
not specified then all variables in the active file are printed.

   The CASES subcommand can be used to specify a subset of cases to be
printed.  Specify FROM and the case number of the first case to print,
TO and the case number of the last case to print, and BY and the number
of cases to advance between printing cases, or any subset of those
settings.  If CASES is not specified then all cases are printed.

   The FORMAT subcommand can be used to change the output format.
NUMBERED will print case numbers along with each case; UNNUMBERED, the
default, causes the case numbers to be omitted.  The WRAP and SINGLE
settings are currently not used.  WEIGHT will cause case weights to be
printed along with variable values; NOWEIGHT, the default, causes case
weights to be omitted from the output.

   Case numbers start from 1.  They are counted after all
transformations have been considered.

   LIST attempts to fit all the values on a single line.  If needed to
make them fit, variable names are displayed vertically.  If values
cannot fit on a single line, then a multi-line format will be used.

   LIST is a procedure.  It causes the data to be read.


File: pspp.info,  Node: NEW FILE,  Next: PRINT,  Prev: LIST,  Up: Data Input and Output

6.9 NEW FILE
============

     NEW FILE.

   NEW FILE command clears the current active file.


File: pspp.info,  Node: PRINT,  Next: PRINT EJECT,  Prev: NEW FILE,  Up: Data Input and Output

6.10 PRINT
==========

     PRINT
             OUTFILE='file-name'
             RECORDS=n_lines
             {NOTABLE,TABLE}
             [/[line_no] arg...]

     arg takes one of the following forms:
             'string' [start-end]
             var_list start-end [type_spec]
             var_list (fortran_spec)
             var_list *

   The PRINT transformation writes variable data to the listing file or
an output file.  PRINT is executed when a procedure causes the data to
be read.  Follow PRINT by EXECUTE to print variable data without
invoking a procedure (*note EXECUTE::).

   All PRINT subcommands are optional.  If no strings or variables are
specified, PRINT outputs a single blank line.

   The OUTFILE subcommand specifies the file to receive the output.  The
file may be a file name as a string or a file handle (*note File
Handles::).  If OUTFILE is not present then output will be sent to
PSPP's output listing file.  When OUTFILE is present, a space is
inserted at beginning of each output line, even lines that otherwise
would be blank.

   The RECORDS subcommand specifies the number of lines to be output.
The number of lines may optionally be surrounded by parentheses.

   TABLE will cause the PRINT command to output a table to the listing
file that describes what it will print to the output file.  NOTABLE, the
default, suppresses this output table.

   Introduce the strings and variables to be printed with a slash
(`/').  Optionally, the slash may be followed by a number indicating
which output line will be specified.  In the absence of this line
number, the next line number will be specified.  Multiple lines may be
specified using multiple slashes with the intended output for a line
following its respective slash.

   Literal strings may be printed.  Specify the string itself.
Optionally the string may be followed by a column number or range of
column numbers, specifying the location on the line for the string to be
printed.  Otherwise, the string will be printed at the current position
on the line.

   Variables to be printed can be specified in the same ways as
available for DATA LIST FIXED (*note DATA LIST FIXED::).  In addition, a
variable list may be followed by an asterisk (`*'), which indicates
that the variables should be printed in their dictionary print formats,
separated by spaces.  A variable list followed by a slash or the end of
command will be interpreted the same way.

   If a FORTRAN type specification is used to move backwards on the
current line, then text is written at that point on the line, the line
will be truncated to that length, although additional text being added
will again extend the line to that length.


File: pspp.info,  Node: PRINT EJECT,  Next: PRINT SPACE,  Prev: PRINT,  Up: Data Input and Output

6.11 PRINT EJECT
================

     PRINT EJECT
             OUTFILE='file-name'
             RECORDS=n_lines
             {NOTABLE,TABLE}
             /[line_no] arg...

     arg takes one of the following forms:
             'string' [start-end]
             var_list start-end [type_spec]
             var_list (fortran_spec)
             var_list *

   PRINT EJECT advances to the beginning of a new output page in the
listing file or output file.  It can also output data in the same way
as PRINT.

   All PRINT EJECT subcommands are optional.

   Without OUTFILE, PRINT EJECT ejects the current page in the listing
file, then it produces other output, if any is specified.

   With OUTFILE, PRINT EJECT writes its output to the specified file.
The first line of output is written with `1' inserted in the first
column.  Commonly, this is the only line of output.  If additional
lines of output are specified, these additional lines are written with
a space inserted in the first column, as with PRINT.

   *Note PRINT::, for more information on syntax and usage.


File: pspp.info,  Node: PRINT SPACE,  Next: REREAD,  Prev: PRINT EJECT,  Up: Data Input and Output

6.12 PRINT SPACE
================

     PRINT SPACE OUTFILE='file-name' n_lines.

   PRINT SPACE prints one or more blank lines to an output file.

   The OUTFILE subcommand is optional.  It may be used to direct output
to a file specified by file name as a string or file handle (*note File
Handles::).  If OUTFILE is not specified then output will be directed to
the listing file.

   n_lines is also optional.  If present, it is an expression (*note
Expressions::) specifying the number of blank lines to be printed.  The
expression must evaluate to a nonnegative value.


File: pspp.info,  Node: REREAD,  Next: REPEATING DATA,  Prev: PRINT SPACE,  Up: Data Input and Output

6.13 REREAD
===========

     REREAD FILE=handle COLUMN=column.

   The REREAD transformation allows the previous input line in a data
file already processed by DATA LIST or another input command to be
re-read for further processing.

   The FILE subcommand, which is optional, is used to specify the file
to have its line re-read.  The file must be specified as the name of a
file handle (*note File Handles::).  If FILE is not specified then the
last file specified on DATA LIST will be assumed (last file specified
lexically, not in terms of flow-of-control).

   By default, the line re-read is re-read in its entirety.  With the
COLUMN subcommand, a prefix of the line can be exempted from
re-reading.  Specify an expression (*note Expressions::) evaluating to
the first column that should be included in the re-read line.  Columns
are numbered from 1 at the left margin.

   Issuing `REREAD' multiple times will not back up in the data file.
Instead, it will re-read the same line multiple times.


File: pspp.info,  Node: REPEATING DATA,  Next: WRITE,  Prev: REREAD,  Up: Data Input and Output

6.14 REPEATING DATA
===================

     REPEATING DATA
             /STARTS=start-end
             /OCCURS=n_occurs
             /FILE='file-name'
             /LENGTH=length
             /CONTINUED[=cont_start-cont_end]
             /ID=id_start-id_end=id_var
             /{TABLE,NOTABLE}
             /DATA=var_spec...

     where each var_spec takes one of the forms
             var_list start-end [type_spec]
             var_list (fortran_spec)

   REPEATING DATA parses groups of data repeating in a uniform format,
possibly with several groups on a single line.  Each group of data
corresponds with one case.  REPEATING DATA may only be used within an
INPUT PROGRAM structure (*note INPUT PROGRAM::).  When used with DATA
LIST, it can be used to parse groups of cases that share a subset of
variables but differ in their other data.

   The STARTS subcommand is required.  Specify a range of columns, using
literal numbers or numeric variable names.  This range specifies the
columns on the first line that are used to contain groups of data.  The
ending column is optional.  If it is not specified, then the record
width of the input file is used.  For the inline file (*note BEGIN
DATA::) this is 80 columns; for a file with fixed record widths it is
the record width; for other files it is 1024 characters by default.

   The OCCURS subcommand is required.  It must be a number or the name
of a numeric variable.  Its value is the number of groups present in the
current record.

   The DATA subcommand is required.  It must be the last subcommand
specified.  It is used to specify the data present within each repeating
group.  Column numbers are specified relative to the beginning of a
group at column 1.  Data is specified in the same way as with DATA LIST
FIXED (*note DATA LIST FIXED::).

   All other subcommands are optional.

   FILE specifies the file to read, either a file name as a string or a
file handle (*note File Handles::).  If FILE is not present then the
default is the last file handle used on DATA LIST (lexically, not in
terms of flow of control).

   By default REPEATING DATA will output a table describing how it will
parse the input data.  Specifying NOTABLE will disable this behavior;
specifying TABLE will explicitly enable it.

   The LENGTH subcommand specifies the length in characters of each
group.  If it is not present then length is inferred from the DATA
subcommand.  LENGTH can be a number or a variable name.

   Normally all the data groups are expected to be present on a single
line.  Use the CONTINUED command to indicate that data can be continued
onto additional lines.  If data on continuation lines starts at the left
margin and continues through the entire field width, no column
specifications are necessary on CONTINUED.  Otherwise, specify the
possible range of columns in the same way as on STARTS.

   When data groups are continued from line to line, it is easy for
cases to get out of sync through careless hand editing.  The ID
subcommand allows a case identifier to be present on each line of
repeating data groups.  REPEATING DATA will check for the same
identifier on each line and report mismatches.  Specify the range of
columns that the identifier will occupy, followed by an equals sign
(`=') and the identifier variable name.  The variable must already have
been declared with NUMERIC or another command.

   REPEATING DATA should be the last command given within an INPUT
PROGRAM.  It should not be enclosed within a LOOP structure (*note
LOOP::).  Use DATA LIST before, not after, REPEATING DATA.


File: pspp.info,  Node: WRITE,  Prev: REPEATING DATA,  Up: Data Input and Output

6.15 WRITE
==========

     WRITE
             OUTFILE='file-name'
             RECORDS=n_lines
             {NOTABLE,TABLE}
             /[line_no] arg...

     arg takes one of the following forms:
             'string' [start-end]
             var_list start-end [type_spec]
             var_list (fortran_spec)
             var_list *

   `WRITE' writes text or binary data to an output file.

   *Note PRINT::, for more information on syntax and usage.  PRINT and
WRITE differ in only a few ways:

   * WRITE uses write formats by default, whereas PRINT uses print
     formats.

   * PRINT inserts a space between variables unless a format is
     explicitly specified, but WRITE never inserts space between
     variables in output.

   * PRINT inserts a space at the beginning of each line that it writes
     to an output file (and PRINT EJECT inserts `1' at the beginning of
     each line that should begin a new page), but WRITE does not.

   * PRINT outputs the system-missing value according to its specified
     output format, whereas WRITE outputs the system-missing value as a
     field filled with spaces.  Binary formats are an exception.



File: pspp.info,  Node: System and Portable Files,  Next: Variable Attributes,  Prev: Data Input and Output,  Up: Top

7 System Files and Portable Files
*********************************

The commands in this chapter read, write, and examine system files and
portable files.

* Menu:

* APPLY DICTIONARY::            Apply system file dictionary to active file.
* EXPORT::                      Write to a portable file.
* GET::                         Read from a system file.
* GET DATA::                    Read from foreign files.
* IMPORT::                      Read from a portable file.
* MATCH FILES::                 Merge system files.
* SAVE::                        Write to a system file.
* SYSFILE INFO::                Display system file dictionary.
* XEXPORT::                     Write to a portable file, as a transformation.
* XSAVE::                       Write to a system file, as a transformation.


File: pspp.info,  Node: APPLY DICTIONARY,  Next: EXPORT,  Up: System and Portable Files

7.1 APPLY DICTIONARY
====================

     APPLY DICTIONARY FROM={'file-name',file_handle}.

   APPLY DICTIONARY applies the variable labels, value labels, and
missing values taken from a file to corresponding variables in the
active file.  In some cases it also updates the weighting variable.

   Specify a system file, portable file, or scratch file with a file
name string or as a file handle (*note File Handles::).  The dictionary
in the file will be read, but it will not replace the active file
dictionary.  The file's data will not be read.

   Only variables with names that exist in both the active file and the
system file are considered.  Variables with the same name but different
types (numeric, string) will cause an error message.  Otherwise, the
system file variables' attributes will replace those in their matching
active file variables, as described below.

   If a system file variable has a variable label, then it will replace
the active file variable's variable label.  If the system file variable
does not have a variable label, then the active file variable's variable
label, if any, will be retained.

   If the active file variable is numeric or short string, then value
labels and missing values, if any, will be copied to the active file
variable.  If the system file variable does not have value labels or
missing values, then those in the active file variable, if any, will not
be disturbed.

   Finally, weighting of the active file is updated (*note WEIGHT::).
If the active file has a weighting variable, and the system file does
not, or if the weighting variable in the system file does not exist in
the active file, then the active file weighting variable, if any, is
retained.  Otherwise, the weighting variable in the system file becomes
the active file weighting variable.

   APPLY DICTIONARY takes effect immediately.  It does not read the
active file.  The system file is not modified.


File: pspp.info,  Node: EXPORT,  Next: GET,  Prev: APPLY DICTIONARY,  Up: System and Portable Files

7.2 EXPORT
==========

     EXPORT
             /OUTFILE='file-name'
             /UNSELECTED={RETAIN,DELETE}
             /DIGITS=n
             /DROP=var_list
             /KEEP=var_list
             /RENAME=(src_names=target_names)...
             /TYPE={COMM,TAPE}
             /MAP

   The EXPORT procedure writes the active file dictionary and data to a
specified portable file or scratch file.

   By default, cases excluded with FILTER are written to the file.
These can be excluded by specifying DELETE on the UNSELECTED
subcommand.  Specifying RETAIN makes the default explicit.

   Portable files express real numbers in base 30.  Integers are always
expressed to the maximum precision needed to make them exact.
Non-integers are, by default, expressed to the machine's maximum
natural precision (approximately 15 decimal digits on many machines).
If many numbers require this many digits, the portable file may
significantly increase in size.  As an alternative, the DIGITS
subcommand may be used to specify the number of decimal digits of
precision to write.  DIGITS applies only to non-integers.

   The OUTFILE subcommand, which is the only required subcommand,
specifies the portable file or scratch file to be written as a file
name string or a file handle (*note File Handles::).

   DROP, KEEP, and RENAME follow the same format as the SAVE procedure
(*note SAVE::).

   The TYPE subcommand specifies the character set for use in the
portable file.  Its value is currently not used.

   The MAP subcommand is currently ignored.

   EXPORT is a procedure.  It causes the active file to be read.


File: pspp.info,  Node: GET,  Next: GET DATA,  Prev: EXPORT,  Up: System and Portable Files

7.3 GET
=======

     GET
             /FILE={'file-name',file_handle}
             /DROP=var_list
             /KEEP=var_list
             /RENAME=(src_names=target_names)...

   GET clears the current dictionary and active file and replaces them
with the dictionary and data from a specified file.

   The FILE subcommand is the only required subcommand.  Specify the
system file, portable file, or scratch file to be read as a string file
name or a file handle (*note File Handles::).

   By default, all the variables in a file are read.  The DROP
subcommand can be used to specify a list of variables that are not to be
read.  By contrast, the KEEP subcommand can be used to specify variable
that are to be read, with all other variables not read.

   Normally variables in a file retain the names that they were saved
under.  Use the RENAME subcommand to change these names.  Specify,
within parentheses, a list of variable names followed by an equals sign
(`=') and the names that they should be renamed to.  Multiple
parenthesized groups of variable names can be included on a single
RENAME subcommand.  Variables' names may be swapped using a RENAME
subcommand of the form `/RENAME=(A B=B A)'.

   Alternate syntax for the RENAME subcommand allows the parentheses to
be eliminated.  When this is done, only a single variable may be
renamed at once.  For instance, `/RENAME=A=B'.  This alternate syntax is
deprecated.

   DROP, KEEP, and RENAME are executed in left-to-right order.  Each
may be present any number of times.  GET never modifies a file on disk.
Only the active file read from the file is affected by these
subcommands.

   GET does not cause the data to be read, only the dictionary.  The
data is read later, when a procedure is executed.

   Use of GET to read a portable file or scratch file is a PSPP
extension.


File: pspp.info,  Node: GET DATA,  Next: IMPORT,  Prev: GET,  Up: System and Portable Files

7.4 GET DATA
============

     GET DATA
             /TYPE={GNM,PSQL,TXT}
             ...additional subcommands depending on TYPE...

   The GET DATA command is used to read files and other data sources
created by other applications.  When this command is executed, the
current dictionary and active file are replaced  with variables and
data read from the specified source.

   The TYPE subcommand is mandatory and must be the first subcommand
specified.  It determines the type of the file or source to read.  PSPP
currently supports the following file types:

GNM
     Spreadsheet files created by Gnumeric (`http://gnumeric.org').

PSQL
     Relations from PostgreSQL databases (`http://postgresql.org').

TXT
     Textual data files in columnar and delimited formats.

   Each supported file type has additional subcommands, explained in
separate sections below.

* Menu:

* GET DATA /TYPE=GNM::
* GET DATA /TYPE=PSQL::
* GET DATA /TYPE=TXT::


File: pspp.info,  Node: GET DATA /TYPE=GNM,  Next: GET DATA /TYPE=PSQL,  Up: GET DATA

7.4.1 Gnumeric Spreadsheet Files
--------------------------------

     GET DATA /TYPE=GNM
             /FILE={'file-name'}
             /SHEET={NAME 'sheet-name', INDEX n}
             /CELLRANGE={RANGE 'range', FULL}
             /READNAMES={ON, OFF}
             /ASSUMEDVARWIDTH=n.

   To use GET DATA to read a spreadsheet file created by Gnumeric
(`http://gnumeric.org'), specify TYPE=GNM to indicate the file's format
and use FILE to indicate the Gnumeric file to be read.  All other
subcommands are optional.

   The format of each variable is determined by the format of the
spreadsheet cell containing the first datum for the variable.  If this
cell is of string (text) format, then the width of the variable is
determined from the length of the string it contains, unless the
ASSUMEDVARWIDTH subcommand is given.

   The FILE subcommand is mandatory. Specify the name of the file to be
read.

   The SHEET subcommand specifies the sheet within the spreadsheet file
to read.  There are two forms of the SHEET subcommand.  In the first
form, `/SHEET=name SHEET-NAME', the string SHEET-NAME is the name of
the sheet to read.  In the second form, `/SHEET=index IDX', IDX is a
integer which is the index of the sheet to read.  The first sheet has
the index 1.  If the SHEET subcommand is omitted, then the command will
read the first sheet in the file.

   The CELLRANGE subcommand specifies the range of cells within the
sheet to read.  If the subcommand is given as `/CELLRANGE=FULL', then
the entire sheet  is read.  To read only part of a sheet, use the form
`/CELLRANGE=range 'TOP-LEFT-CELL:BOTTOM-RIGHT-CELL''.  For example, the
subcommand `/CELLRANGE=range 'C3:P19'' reads columns C-P, and rows 3-19
inclusive.  If no CELLRANGE subcommand is given, then the entire sheet
is read.

   If `/READNAMES=ON' is specified, then the contents of cells of the
first row are used as the names of the variables in which to store the
data from subsequent rows.  If the READNAMES command is omitted, or if
`/READNAMES=OFF' is used, then the variables  receive automatically
assigned names.

   The ASSUMEDVARWIDTH subcommand specifies the maximum width of string
variables read  from the file.  If omitted, the default value is
determined from the length of the string in the first spreadsheet cell
for each variable.


File: pspp.info,  Node: GET DATA /TYPE=PSQL,  Next: GET DATA /TYPE=TXT,  Prev: GET DATA /TYPE=GNM,  Up: GET DATA

7.4.2 Postgres Database Queries
-------------------------------

     GET DATA /TYPE=PSQL
              /CONNECT={connection info}
              /SQL={query}
              [/ASSUMEDVARWIDTH=n]
              [/UNENCRYPTED]
              [/BSIZE=n].

   The PSQL type is used to import data from a postgres database server.
The server may be located locally or remotely.  Variables are
automatically created based on the table column names or the names
specified in the SQL query.  Postgres data types of high precision,
will loose precision when imported into PSPP.  Not all the postgres
data types are able to be represented in PSPP.  If a datum cannot be
represented a warning will be issued and that datum will be set to
SYSMIS.

   The CONNECT subcommand is mandatory.  It is a string specifying the
parameters of the database server from which the data should be fetched.
The format of the string is given in the postgres manual
`http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/libpq.html#LIBPQ-CONNECT'.

   The SQL subcommand is mandatory.  It must be a valid SQL string to
retrieve data from the database.

   The ASSUMEDVARWIDTH subcommand specifies the maximum width of string
variables read  from the database.  If omitted, the default value is
determined from the length of the string in the first value read for
each variable.

   The UNENCRYPTED subcommand allows data to be retrieved over an
insecure connection.  If the connection is not encrypted, and the
UNENCRYPTED subcommand is not given, then an error will occur.  Whether
or not the connection is encrypted depends upon the underlying psql
library and the capabilities of the database server.

   The BSIZE subcommand serves only to optimise the speed of data
transfer.  It specifies an upper limit on number of cases to fetch from
the database at once.  The default value is 4096.  If your SQL
statement fetches a large number of cases but only a small number of
variables, then the data transfer may be faster if you increase this
value.  Conversely, if the number of variables is large, or if the
machine on which PSPP is running has only a small amount of memory,
then a smaller value will be better.

   The following syntax is an example:
     GET DATA /TYPE=PSQL
          /CONNECT='host=example.com port=5432 dbname=product user=fred passwd=xxxx'
          /SQL='select * from manufacturer'.


File: pspp.info,  Node: GET DATA /TYPE=TXT,  Prev: GET DATA /TYPE=PSQL,  Up: GET DATA

7.4.3 Textual Data Files
------------------------

     GET DATA /TYPE=TXT
             /FILE={'file-name',file_handle}
             [/ARRANGEMENT={DELIMITED,FIXED}]
             [/FIRSTCASE={first_case}]
             [/IMPORTCASE={ALL,FIRST max_cases,PERCENT percent}]
             ...additional subcommands depending on ARRANGEMENT...

   When TYPE=TXT is specified, GET DATA reads data in a delimited or
fixed columnar format, much like DATA LIST (*note DATA LIST::).

   The FILE subcommand is mandatory.  Specify the file to be read as a
string file name or (for textual data only) a file handle (*note File
Handles::).

   The ARRANGEMENT subcommand determines the file's basic format.
DELIMITED, the default setting, specifies that fields in the input data
are separated by spaces, tabs, or other user-specified delimiters.
FIXED specifies that fields in the input data appear at particular
fixed column positions within records of a case.

   By default, cases are read from the input file starting from the
first line.  To skip lines at the beginning of an input file, set
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.

   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 max_cases to read at most max_cases cases from the
file.  Use PERCENT percent to read only 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.)

   FIRSTCASE and 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.

* Menu:

* GET DATA /TYPE=TXT /ARRANGEMENT=DELIMITED::
* GET DATA /TYPE=TXT /ARRANGEMENT=FIXED::


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7.4.3.1 Reading Delimited Data
..............................

     GET DATA /TYPE=TXT
             /FILE={'file-name',file_handle}
             [/ARRANGEMENT={DELIMITED,FIXED}]
             [/FIRSTCASE={first_case}]
             [/IMPORTCASE={ALL,FIRST max_cases,PERCENT percent}]

             /DELIMITERS="delimiters"
             [/QUALIFIER="quotes" [/ESCAPE]]
             [/DELCASE={LINE,VARIABLES n_variables}]
             /VARIABLES=del_var [del_var]...
     where each del_var takes the form:
             variable format

   The GET DATA command with TYPE=TXT and ARRANGEMENT=DELIMITED reads
input data from text files in delimited format, where fields are
separated by a set of user-specified delimiters.  Its capabilities are
similar to those of DATA LIST FREE (*note DATA LIST FREE::), with a few
enhancements.

   The required FILE subcommand and optional FIRSTCASE and IMPORTCASE
subcommands are described above (*note GET DATA /TYPE=TXT::).

   DELIMITERS, which is required, specifies the set of characters that
may separate fields.  Each character in the string specified on
DELIMITERS separates one field from the next.  The end of a line also
separates fields, regardless of DELIMITERS.  Two consecutive delimiters
in the input yield an empty field, as does a delimiter at the end of a
line.  A space character as a delimiter is an exception: consecutive
spaces do not yield an empty field and neither does any number of
spaces at the end of a line.

   To use a tab as a delimiter, specify `\t' at the beginning of the
DELIMITERS string.  To use a backslash as a delimiter, specify `\\' as
the first delimiter or, if a tab should also be a delimiter,
immediately following `\t'.  To read a data file in which each field
appears on a separate line, specify the empty string for DELIMITERS.

   The optional QUALIFIER subcommand names one or more characters that
can be used to quote values within fields in the input.  A field that
begins with one of the specified quote characters ends at the next
matching quote.  Intervening delimiters become part of the field,
instead of terminating it.  The ability to specify more than one quote
character is a PSPP extension.

   By default, a character specified on QUALIFIER cannot itself be
embedded within a field that it quotes, because the quote character
always terminates the quoted field.  With ESCAPE, however, a doubled
quote character within a quoted field inserts a single instance of the
quote into the field.  For example, if `'' is specified on QUALIFIER,
then without ESCAPE `'a''b'' specifies a pair of fields that contain
`a' and `b', but with ESCAPE it specifies a single field that contains
`a'b'.  ESCAPE is a PSPP extension.

   The DELCASE subcommand controls how data may be broken across lines
in the data file.  With LINE, the default setting, each line must
contain all the data for exactly one case.  For additional flexibility,
to allow a single case to be split among lines or multiple cases to be
contained on a single line, specify VARIABLES n_variables, where
n_variables is the number of variables per case.

   The VARIABLES subcommand is required and must be the last subcommand.
Specify the name of each variable and its input format (*note Input and
Output Formats::) in the order they should be read from the input file.

Examples
........

On a Unix-like system, the `/etc/passwd' file has a format similar to
this:

     root:$1$nyeSP5gD$pDq/:0:0:,,,:/root:/bin/bash
     blp:$1$BrP/pFg4$g7OG:1000:1000:Ben Pfaff,,,:/home/blp:/bin/bash
     john:$1$JBuq/Fioq$g4A:1001:1001:John Darrington,,,:/home/john:/bin/bash
     jhs:$1$D3li4hPL$88X1:1002:1002:Jason Stover,,,:/home/jhs:/bin/csh

The following syntax reads a file in the format used by `/etc/passwd':

     GET DATA /TYPE=TXT /FILE='/etc/passwd' /DELIMITERS=':'
             /VARIABLES=username A20
                        password A40
                        uid F10
                        gid F10
                        gecos A40
                        home A40
                        shell A40.

Consider the following data on used cars:

     model   year    mileage price   type    age
     Civic   2002    29883   15900   Si      2
     Civic   2003    13415   15900   EX      1
     Civic   1992    107000  3800    n/a     12
     Accord  2002    26613   17900   EX      1

The following syntax can be used to read the used car data:

     GET DATA /TYPE=TXT /FILE='cars.data' /DELIMITERS=' ' /FIRSTCASE=2
             /VARIABLES=model A8
                        year F4
                        mileage F6
                        price F5
                        type A4
                        age F2.

Consider the following information on animals in a pet store:

     'Pet''s Name', "Age", "Color", "Date Received", "Price", "Height", "Type"
     , (Years), , , (Dollars), ,
     "Rover", 4.5, Brown, "12 Feb 2004", 80, '1''4"', "Dog"
     "Charlie", , Gold, "5 Apr 2007", 12.3, "3""", "Fish"
     "Molly", 2, Black, "12 Dec 2006", 25, '5"', "Cat"
     "Gilly", , White, "10 Apr 2007", 10, "3""", "Guinea Pig"

The following syntax can be used to read the pet store data:

     GET DATA /TYPE=TXT /FILE='pets.data' /DELIMITERS=', ' /QUALIFIER='''"' /ESCAPE
             /FIRSTCASE=3
             /VARIABLES=name A10
                        age F3.1
                        color A5
                        received EDATE10
                        price F5.2
                        height a5
                        type a10.


File: pspp.info,  Node: GET DATA /TYPE=TXT /ARRANGEMENT=FIXED,  Prev: GET DATA /TYPE=TXT /ARRANGEMENT=DELIMITED,  Up: GET DATA /TYPE=TXT

7.4.3.2 Reading Fixed Columnar Data
...................................

     GET DATA /TYPE=TXT
             /FILE={'file-name',file_handle}
             [/ARRANGEMENT={DELIMITED,FIXED}]
             [/FIRSTCASE={first_case}]
             [/IMPORTCASE={ALL,FIRST max_cases,PERCENT percent}]

             [/FIXCASE=n]
             /VARIABLES fixed_var [fixed_var]...
                 [/rec# fixed_var [fixed_var]...]...
     where each fixed_var takes the form:
             variable start-end format

   The GET DATA command with TYPE=TXT and ARRANGEMENT=FIXED reads input
data from text files in fixed format, where each field is located in
particular fixed column positions within records of a case.  Its
capabilities are similar to those of DATA LIST FIXED (*note DATA LIST
FIXED::), with a few enhancements.

   The required FILE subcommand and optional FIRSTCASE and IMPORTCASE
subcommands are described above (*note GET DATA /TYPE=TXT::).

   The optional FIXCASE subcommand may be used to specify the positive
integer number of input lines that make up each case.  The default
value is 1.

   The VARIABLES subcommand, which is required, specifies the positions
at which each variable can be found.  For each variable, specify its
name, followed by its start and end column separated by `-' (e.g.
`0-9'), followed by the input format type (e.g.  `F').  For this
command, columns are numbered starting from 0 at the left column.
Introduce the variables in the second and later lines of a case by a
slash followed by the number of the line within the case, e.g. `/2' for
the second line.

Examples
........

Consider the following data on used cars:

     model   year    mileage price   type    age
     Civic   2002    29883   15900   Si      2
     Civic   2003    13415   15900   EX      1
     Civic   1992    107000  3800    n/a     12
     Accord  2002    26613   17900   EX      1

The following syntax can be used to read the used car data:

     GET DATA /TYPE=TXT /FILE='cars.data' /ARRANGEMENT=FIXED /FIRSTCASE=2
             /VARIABLES=model 0-7 A
                        year 8-15 F
                        mileage 16-23 F
                        price 24-31 F
                        type 32-40 A
                        age 40-47 F.


File: pspp.info,  Node: IMPORT,  Next: MATCH FILES,  Prev: GET DATA,  Up: System and Portable Files

7.5 IMPORT
==========

     IMPORT
             /FILE='file-name'
             /TYPE={COMM,TAPE}
             /DROP=var_list
             /KEEP=var_list
             /RENAME=(src_names=target_names)...

   The IMPORT transformation clears the active file dictionary and data
and replaces them with a dictionary and data from a system, portable
file, or scratch file.

   The FILE subcommand, which is the only required subcommand, specifies
the portable file to be read as a file name string or a file handle
(*note File Handles::).

   The TYPE subcommand is currently not used.

   DROP, KEEP, and RENAME follow the syntax used by GET (*note GET::).

   IMPORT does not cause the data to be read, only the dictionary.  The
data is read later, when a procedure is executed.

   Use of IMPORT to read a system file or scratch file is a PSPP
extension.


File: pspp.info,  Node: MATCH FILES,  Next: SAVE,  Prev: IMPORT,  Up: System and Portable Files

7.6 MATCH FILES
===============

     MATCH FILES
             /{FILE,TABLE}={*,'file-name'}
             /RENAME=(src_names=target_names)...
             /IN=var_name

             /BY=var_list
             /DROP=var_list
             /KEEP=var_list
             /FIRST=var_name
             /LAST=var_name
             /MAP

   MATCH FILES merges one or more system, portable, or scratch files,
optionally including the active file.  Cases with the same values for BY
variables are combined into a single case.  Cases with different values
are output in order.  Thus, multiple sorted files are combined into a
single sorted file based on the value of the BY variables.  The results
of the merge become the new active file.

   Specify FILE with a system, portable, or scratch file as a file name
string or file handle (*note File Handles::), or with an asterisk (`*')
to indicate the current active file.  The files specified on FILE are
merged together based on the BY variables, or combined case-by-case if
BY is not specified.

   Specify TABLE with a file to use it as a "table lookup file".  Cases
in table lookup files are not used up after they've been used once.
This means that data in table lookup files can correspond to any number
of cases in FILE files.  Table lookup files correspond to lookup tables
in traditional relational database systems.  If a table lookup file
contains more than one case with a given set of BY variables, only the
first case is used.

   Any number of FILE and TABLE subcommands may be specified.
Ordinarily, at least two FILE subcommands, or one FILE and at least one
TABLE, should be specified.  Each instance of FILE or TABLE can be
followed by any sequence of RENAME subcommands.  These have the same
form and meaning as the corresponding subcommands of GET (*note GET::),
but apply only to variables in the given file.

   Each FILE or TABLE may optionally be followed by an IN subcommand,
which creates a numeric variable with the specified name and format
F1.0.  The IN variable takes value 1 in a case if the given file
contributed a row to the merged file, 0 otherwise.  The DROP, KEEP, and
RENAME subcommands do not affect IN variables.

   When more than one FILE or TABLE contains a variable with a given
name, those variables must all have the same type (numeric or string)
and, for string variables, the same width.  This rules applies to
variable names after renaming with RENAME; thus, RENAME can be used to
resolve conflicts.

   FILE and TABLE must be specified at the beginning of the command,
with any RENAME or IN specifications immediately after the corresponding
FILE or TABLE.  These subcommands are followed by BY, DROP, KEEP,
FIRST, LAST, and MAP.

   The BY subcommand specifies a list of variables that are used to
match cases from each of the files.  When TABLE or IN is used, BY is
required; otherwise, it is optional.  When BY is specified, all the
files named on FILE and TABLE subcommands must be sorted in ascending
order of the BY variables.  Variables belonging to files that are not
present for the current case are set to the system-missing value for
numeric variables or spaces for string variables.

   The DROP and KEEP subcommands allow variables to be dropped from or
reordered within the new active file.  These subcommands have the same
form and meaning as the corresponding subcommands of GET (*note GET::).
They apply to the new active file as a whole, not to individual input
files.  The variable names specified on DROP and KEEP are those after
any renaming with RENAME.

   The optional FIRST and LAST subcommands name variables that MATCH
FILES adds to the active file.  The new variables are numeric with
print and write format F1.0.  The value of the FIRST variable is 1 in
the first case with a given set of values for the BY variables, and 0
in other cases.  Similarly, the LAST variable is 1 in the last case
with a given of BY values, and 0 in other cases.

   MATCH FILES may not be specified following TEMPORARY (*note
TEMPORARY::) if the active file is used as an input source.

   Use of portable or scratch files on MATCH FILES is a PSPP extension.


File: pspp.info,  Node: SAVE,  Next: SYSFILE INFO,  Prev: MATCH FILES,  Up: System and Portable Files

7.7 SAVE
========

     SAVE
             /OUTFILE={'file-name',file_handle}
             /UNSELECTED={RETAIN,DELETE}
             /{COMPRESSED,UNCOMPRESSED}
             /PERMISSIONS={WRITEABLE,READONLY}
             /DROP=var_list
             /KEEP=var_list
             /VERSION=version
             /RENAME=(src_names=target_names)...
             /NAMES
             /MAP

   The SAVE procedure causes the dictionary and data in the active file
to be written to a system file or scratch file.

   OUTFILE is the only required subcommand.  Specify the system file or
scratch file to be written as a string file name or a file handle
(*note File Handles::).

   By default, cases excluded with FILTER are written to the system
file.  These can be excluded by specifying DELETE on the UNSELECTED
subcommand.  Specifying RETAIN makes the default explicit.

   The COMPRESS and UNCOMPRESS subcommand determine whether the saved
system file is compressed.  By default, system files are compressed.
This default can be changed with the SET command (*note SET::).

   The PERMISSIONS subcommand specifies permissions for the new system
file.  WRITEABLE, the default, creates the file with read and write
permission.  READONLY creates the file for read-only access.

   By default, all the variables in the active file dictionary are
written to the system file.  The DROP subcommand can be used to specify
a list of variables not to be written.  In contrast, KEEP specifies
variables to be written, with all variables not specified not written.

   Normally variables are saved to a system file under the same names
they have in the active file.  Use the RENAME subcommand to change
these names.  Specify, within parentheses, a list of variable names
followed by an equals sign (`=') and the names that they should be
renamed to.  Multiple parenthesized groups of variable names can be
included on a single RENAME subcommand.  Variables' names may be
swapped using a RENAME subcommand of the form `/RENAME=(A B=B A)'.

   Alternate syntax for the RENAME subcommand allows the parentheses to
be eliminated.  When this is done, only a single variable may be
renamed at once.  For instance, `/RENAME=A=B'.  This alternate syntax is
deprecated.

   DROP, KEEP, and RENAME are performed in left-to-right order.  They
each may be present any number of times.  SAVE never modifies the
active file.  DROP, KEEP, and RENAME only affect the system file
written to disk.

   The VERSION subcommand specifies the version of the file format.
Valid versions are 2 and 3.  The default version is 3.  In version 2
system files, variable names longer than 8 bytes will be truncated.
The two versions are otherwise identical.

   The NAMES and MAP subcommands are currently ignored.

   SAVE causes the data to be read.  It is a procedure.


File: pspp.info,  Node: SYSFILE INFO,  Next: XEXPORT,  Prev: SAVE,  Up: System and Portable Files

7.8 SYSFILE INFO
================

     SYSFILE INFO FILE='file-name'.

   SYSFILE INFO reads the dictionary in a system file and displays the
information in its dictionary.

   Specify a file name or file handle.  SYSFILE INFO reads that file as
a system file and displays information on its dictionary.

   SYSFILE INFO does not affect the current active file.


File: pspp.info,  Node: XEXPORT,  Next: XSAVE,  Prev: SYSFILE INFO,  Up: System and Portable Files

7.9 XEXPORT
===========

     XEXPORT
             /OUTFILE='file-name'
             /DIGITS=n
             /DROP=var_list
             /KEEP=var_list
             /RENAME=(src_names=target_names)...
             /TYPE={COMM,TAPE}
             /MAP

   The EXPORT transformation writes the active file dictionary and data
to a specified portable file.

   This transformation is a PSPP extension.

   It is similar to the EXPORT procedure, with two differences:

   * XEXPORT is a transformation, not a procedure.  It is executed when
     the data is read by a procedure or procedure-like command.

   * XEXPORT does not support the UNSELECTED subcommand.

   *Note EXPORT::, for more information.


File: pspp.info,  Node: XSAVE,  Prev: XEXPORT,  Up: System and Portable Files

7.10 XSAVE
==========

     XSAVE
             /OUTFILE='file-name'
             /{COMPRESSED,UNCOMPRESSED}
             /PERMISSIONS={WRITEABLE,READONLY}
             /DROP=var_list
             /KEEP=var_list
             /VERSION=version
             /RENAME=(src_names=target_names)...
             /NAMES
             /MAP

   The XSAVE transformation writes the active file dictionary and data
to a system file or scratch file.  It is similar to the SAVE procedure,
with two differences:

   * XSAVE is a transformation, not a procedure.  It is executed when
     the data is read by a procedure or procedure-like command.

   * XSAVE does not support the UNSELECTED subcommand.

   *Note SAVE::, for more information.


File: pspp.info,  Node: Variable Attributes,  Next: Data Manipulation,  Prev: System and Portable Files,  Up: Top

8 Manipulating variables
************************

The variables in the active file dictionary are important.  There are
several utility functions for examining and adjusting them.

* Menu:

* ADD VALUE LABELS::            Add value labels to variables.
* DELETE VARIABLES::            Delete variables.
* DISPLAY::                     Display variable names & descriptions.
* DISPLAY VECTORS::             Display a list of vectors.
* FORMATS::                     Set print and write formats.
* LEAVE::                       Don't clear variables between cases.
* MISSING VALUES::              Set missing values for variables.
* MODIFY VARS::                 Rename, reorder, and drop variables.
* NUMERIC::                     Create new numeric variables.
* PRINT FORMATS::               Set variable print formats.
* RENAME VARIABLES::            Rename variables.
* VALUE LABELS::                Set value labels for variables.
* STRING::                      Create new string variables.
* VARIABLE LABELS::             Set variable labels for variables.
* VARIABLE ALIGNMENT::          Set the alignment for display.
* VARIABLE WIDTH::              Set the display width.
* VARIABLE LEVEL::              Set the measurement level.
* VECTOR::                      Declare an array of variables.
* WRITE FORMATS::               Set variable write formats.


File: pspp.info,  Node: ADD VALUE LABELS,  Next: DELETE VARIABLES,  Up: Variable Attributes

8.1 ADD VALUE LABELS
====================

     ADD VALUE LABELS
             /var_list value 'label' [value 'label']...

   ADD VALUE LABELS has the same syntax and purpose as VALUE LABELS
(*note VALUE LABELS::), but it does not clear value labels from the
variables before adding the ones specified.


File: pspp.info,  Node: DELETE VARIABLES,  Next: DISPLAY,  Prev: ADD VALUE LABELS,  Up: Variable Attributes

8.2 DELETE VARIABLES
====================

     DELETE VARIABLES var_list.

   DELETE VARIABLES deletes the specified variables from the
dictionary.  It may not be used to delete all variables from the
dictionary; use NEW FILE to do that (*note NEW FILE::).

   DELETE VARIABLES should not used after defining transformations and
before executing a procedure.  If it is used in such a context, it
causes the data to be read.  If it is used while TEMPORARY is in
effect, it causes the temporary transformations to become permanent.


File: pspp.info,  Node: DISPLAY,  Next: DISPLAY VECTORS,  Prev: DELETE VARIABLES,  Up: Variable Attributes

8.3 DISPLAY
===========

     DISPLAY {NAMES,INDEX,LABELS,VARIABLES,DICTIONARY,SCRATCH}
             [SORTED] [var_list]

   DISPLAY displays requested information on variables.  Variables can
optionally be sorted alphabetically.  The entire dictionary or just
specified variables can be described.

   One of the following keywords can be present:

NAMES
     The variables' names are displayed.

INDEX
     The variables' names are displayed along with a value describing
     their position within the active file dictionary.

LABELS
     Variable names, positions, and variable labels are displayed.

VARIABLES
     Variable names, positions, print and write formats, and missing
     values are displayed.

DICTIONARY
     Variable names, positions, print and write formats, missing values,
     variable labels, and value labels are displayed.

SCRATCH
     Varible names are displayed, for scratch variables only (*note
     Scratch Variables::).

   If SORTED is specified, then the variables are displayed in ascending
order based on their names; otherwise, they are displayed in the order
that they occur in the active file dictionary.


File: pspp.info,  Node: DISPLAY VECTORS,  Next: FORMATS,  Prev: DISPLAY,  Up: Variable Attributes

8.4 DISPLAY VECTORS
===================

     DISPLAY VECTORS.

   DISPLAY VECTORS lists all the currently declared vectors.


File: pspp.info,  Node: FORMATS,  Next: LEAVE,  Prev: DISPLAY VECTORS,  Up: Variable Attributes

8.5 FORMATS
===========

     FORMATS var_list (fmt_spec).

   FORMATS set both print and write formats for the specified numeric
variables to the specified format specification.  *Note Input and
Output Formats::.

   Specify a list of variables followed by a format specification in
parentheses.  The print and write formats of the specified variables
will be changed.

   Additional lists of variables and formats may be included if they are
delimited by a slash (`/').

   FORMATS takes effect immediately.  It is not affected by conditional
and looping structures such as DO IF or LOOP.


File: pspp.info,  Node: LEAVE,  Next: MISSING VALUES,  Prev: FORMATS,  Up: Variable Attributes

8.6 LEAVE
=========

     LEAVE var_list.

   LEAVE prevents the specified variables from being reinitialized
whenever a new case is processed.

   Normally, when a data file is processed, every variable in the active
file is initialized to the system-missing value or spaces at the
beginning of processing for each case.  When a variable has been
specified on LEAVE, this is not the case.  Instead, that variable is
initialized to 0 (not system-missing) or spaces for the first case.
After that, it retains its value between cases.

   This becomes useful for counters.  For instance, in the example below
the variable SUM maintains a running total of the values in the ITEM
variable.

     DATA LIST /ITEM 1-3.
     COMPUTE SUM=SUM+ITEM.
     PRINT /ITEM SUM.
     LEAVE SUM
     BEGIN DATA.
     123
     404
     555
     999
     END DATA.

Partial output from this example:

     123   123.00
     404   527.00
     555  1082.00
     999  2081.00

   It is best to use LEAVE command immediately before invoking a
procedure command, because the left status of variables is reset by
certain transformations--for instance, COMPUTE and IF.  Left status is
also reset by all procedure invocations.


File: pspp.info,  Node: MISSING VALUES,  Next: MODIFY VARS,  Prev: LEAVE,  Up: Variable Attributes

8.7 MISSING VALUES
==================

     MISSING VALUES var_list (missing_values).

     missing_values takes one of the following forms:
             num1
             num1, num2
             num1, num2, num3
             num1 THRU num2
             num1 THRU num2, num3
             string1
             string1, string2
             string1, string2, string3
     As part of a range, LO or LOWEST may take the place of num1;
     HI or HIGHEST may take the place of num2.

   MISSING VALUES sets user-missing values for numeric and short string
variables.  Long string variables may not have missing values.

   Specify a list of variables, followed by a list of their user-missing
values in parentheses.  Up to three discrete values may be given, or,
for numeric variables only, a range of values optionally accompanied by
a single discrete value.  Ranges may be open-ended on one end, indicated
through the use of the keyword LO or LOWEST or HI or HIGHEST.

   The MISSING VALUES command takes effect immediately.  It is not
affected by conditional and looping constructs such as DO IF or LOOP.


File: pspp.info,  Node: MODIFY VARS,  Next: NUMERIC,  Prev: MISSING VALUES,  Up: Variable Attributes

8.8 MODIFY VARS
===============

     MODIFY VARS
             /REORDER={FORWARD,BACKWARD} {POSITIONAL,ALPHA} (var_list)...
             /RENAME=(old_names=new_names)...
             /{DROP,KEEP}=var_list
             /MAP

   MODIFY VARS reorders, renames, and deletes variables in the active
file.

   At least one subcommand must be specified, and no subcommand may be
specified more than once.  DROP and KEEP may not both be specified.

   The REORDER subcommand changes the order of variables in the active
file.  Specify one or more lists of variable names in parentheses.  By
default, each list of variables is rearranged into the specified order.
To put the variables into the reverse of the specified order, put
keyword BACKWARD before the parentheses.  To put them into alphabetical
order in the dictionary, specify keyword ALPHA before the parentheses.
BACKWARD and ALPHA may also be combined.

   To rename variables in the active file, specify RENAME, an equals
sign (`='), and lists of the old variable names and new variable names
separated by another equals sign within parentheses.  There must be the
same number of old and new variable names.  Each old variable is
renamed to the corresponding new variable name.  Multiple parenthesized
groups of variables may be specified.

   The DROP subcommand deletes a specified list of variables from the
active file.

   The KEEP subcommand keeps the specified list of variables in the
active file.  Any unlisted variables are deleted from the active file.

   MAP is currently ignored.

   If either DROP or KEEP is specified, the data is read; otherwise it
is not.

   MODIFY VARS may not be specified following TEMPORARY (*note
TEMPORARY::).


File: pspp.info,  Node: NUMERIC,  Next: PRINT FORMATS,  Prev: MODIFY VARS,  Up: Variable Attributes

8.9 NUMERIC
===========

     NUMERIC /var_list [(fmt_spec)].

   NUMERIC explicitly declares new numeric variables, optionally
setting their output formats.

   Specify a slash (`/'), followed by the names of the new numeric
variables.  If you wish to set their output formats, follow their names
by an output format specification in parentheses (*note Input and
Output Formats::); otherwise, the default is F8.2.

   Variables created with NUMERIC are initialized to the system-missing
value.


File: pspp.info,  Node: PRINT FORMATS,  Next: RENAME VARIABLES,  Prev: NUMERIC,  Up: Variable Attributes

8.10 PRINT FORMATS
==================

     PRINT FORMATS var_list (fmt_spec).

   PRINT FORMATS sets the print formats for the specified numeric
variables to the specified format specification.

   Its syntax is identical to that of FORMATS (*note FORMATS::), but
PRINT FORMATS sets only print formats, not write formats.


File: pspp.info,  Node: RENAME VARIABLES,  Next: VALUE LABELS,  Prev: PRINT FORMATS,  Up: Variable Attributes

8.11 RENAME VARIABLES
=====================

     RENAME VARIABLES (old_names=new_names)... .

   RENAME VARIABLES changes the names of variables in the active file.
Specify lists of the old variable names and new variable names,
separated by an equals sign (`='), within parentheses.  There must be
the same number of old and new variable names.  Each old variable is
renamed to the corresponding new variable name.  Multiple parenthesized
groups of variables may be specified.

   RENAME VARIABLES takes effect immediately.  It does not cause the
data to be read.

   RENAME VARIABLES may not be specified following TEMPORARY (*note
TEMPORARY::).


File: pspp.info,  Node: VALUE LABELS,  Next: STRING,  Prev: RENAME VARIABLES,  Up: Variable Attributes

8.12 VALUE LABELS
=================

     VALUE LABELS
             /var_list value 'label' [value 'label']...

   VALUE LABELS allows values of numeric and short string variables to
be associated with labels.  In this way, a short value can stand for a
long value.

   To set up value labels for a set of variables, specify the variable
names after a slash (`/'), followed by a list of values and their
associated labels, separated by spaces.  Long string variables may not
be specified.

   Before VALUE LABELS is executed, any existing value labels are
cleared from the variables specified.  Use ADD VALUE LABELS (*note ADD
VALUE LABELS::) to add value labels without clearing those already
present.


File: pspp.info,  Node: STRING,  Next: VARIABLE LABELS,  Prev: VALUE LABELS,  Up: Variable Attributes

8.13 STRING
===========

     STRING /var_list (fmt_spec).

   STRING creates new string variables for use in transformations.

   Specify a slash (`/'), followed by the names of the string variables
to create and the desired output format specification in parentheses
(*note Input and Output Formats::).  Variable widths are implicitly
derived from the specified output formats.

   Created variables are initialized to spaces.


File: pspp.info,  Node: VARIABLE LABELS,  Next: VARIABLE ALIGNMENT,  Prev: STRING,  Up: Variable Attributes

8.14 VARIABLE LABELS
====================

     VARIABLE LABELS
             var_list 'var_label'
             [ /var_list 'var_label']
             .
             .
             .
             [ /var_list 'var_label']

   VARIABLE LABELS associates explanatory names with variables.  This
name, called a "variable label", is displayed by statistical procedures.

   To assign a variable label to a group of variables, specify a list
of variable names and the variable label as a string.  To assign
different labels to different variables in the same command, precede
the subsequent variable list with a slash (`/').


File: pspp.info,  Node: VARIABLE ALIGNMENT,  Next: VARIABLE WIDTH,  Prev: VARIABLE LABELS,  Up: Variable Attributes

8.15 VARIABLE ALIGNMENT
=======================

     VARIABLE ALIGNMENT
             var_list ( LEFT | RIGHT | CENTER )
             [ /var_list ( LEFT | RIGHT | CENTER ) ]
             .
             .
             .
             [ /var_list ( LEFT | RIGHT | CENTER ) ]

   VARIABLE ALIGNMENT sets the alignment of variables for display
editing purposes.   This only has effect for third party software.  It
does not affect the display of variables in the PSPP output.


File: pspp.info,  Node: VARIABLE WIDTH,  Next: VARIABLE LEVEL,  Prev: VARIABLE ALIGNMENT,  Up: Variable Attributes

8.16 VARIABLE WIDTH
===================

     VARIABLE WIDTH
             var_list (width)
             [ /var_list (width) ]
             .
             .
             .
             [ /var_list (width) ]

   VARIABLE WIDTH sets the column width of variables for display editing
purposes.   This only affects third party software.  It does not affect
the display of variables in the PSPP output.


File: pspp.info,  Node: VARIABLE LEVEL,  Next: VECTOR,  Prev: VARIABLE WIDTH,  Up: Variable Attributes

8.17 VARIABLE LEVEL
===================

     VARIABLE LEVEL
             var_list ( SCALE | NOMINAL | ORDINAL )
             [ /var_list ( SCALE | NOMINAL | ORDINAL ) ]
             .
             .
             .
             [ /var_list ( SCALE | NOMINAL | ORDINAL ) ]

   VARIABLE LEVEL sets the measurement level of  variables.  Currently,
this has no effect except for certain third party software.


File: pspp.info,  Node: VECTOR,  Next: WRITE FORMATS,  Prev: VARIABLE LEVEL,  Up: Variable Attributes

8.18 VECTOR
===========

     Two possible syntaxes:
             VECTOR vec_name=var_list.
             VECTOR vec_name_list(count [format]).

   VECTOR allows a group of variables to be accessed as if they were
consecutive members of an array with a vector(index) notation.

   To make a vector out of a set of existing variables, specify a name
for the vector followed by an equals sign (`=') and the variables to
put in the vector.  All the variables in the vector must be the same
type.  String variables in a vector must all have the same width.

   To make a vector and create variables at the same time, specify one
or more vector names followed by a count in parentheses.  This will
cause variables named `VEC1' through `VECCOUNT' to be created as
numeric variables.  By default, the new variables have print and write
format F8.2, but an alternate format may be specified inside the
parentheses before or after the count and separated from it by white
space or a comma.  Variable names including numeric suffixes may not
exceed 64 characters in length, and none of the variables may exist
prior to VECTOR.

   Vectors created with VECTOR disappear after any procedure or
procedure-like command is executed.  The variables contained in the
vectors remain, unless they are scratch variables (*note Scratch
Variables::).

   Variables within a vector may be referenced in expressions using
`vector(index)' syntax.


File: pspp.info,  Node: WRITE FORMATS,  Prev: VECTOR,  Up: Variable Attributes

8.19 WRITE FORMATS
==================

     WRITE FORMATS var_list (fmt_spec).

   WRITE FORMATS sets the write formats for the specified numeric
variables to the specified format specification.  Its syntax is
identical to that of FORMATS (*note FORMATS::), but WRITE FORMATS sets
only write formats, not print formats.


File: pspp.info,  Node: Data Manipulation,  Next: Data Selection,  Prev: Variable Attributes,  Up: Top

9 Data transformations
**********************

The PSPP procedures examined in this chapter manipulate data and
prepare the active file for later analyses.  They do not produce output,
as a rule.

* Menu:

* AGGREGATE::                   Summarize multiple cases into a single case.
* AUTORECODE::                  Automatic recoding of variables.
* COMPUTE::                     Assigning a variable a calculated value.
* COUNT::                       Counting variables with particular values.
* FLIP::                        Exchange variables with cases.
* IF::                          Conditionally assigning a calculated value.
* RECODE::                      Mapping values from one set to another.
* SORT CASES::                  Sort the active file.


File: pspp.info,  Node: AGGREGATE,  Next: AUTORECODE,  Up: Data Manipulation

9.1 AGGREGATE
=============

     AGGREGATE
             OUTFILE={*,'file-name',file_handle}
             /PRESORTED
             /DOCUMENT
             /MISSING=COLUMNWISE
             /BREAK=var_list
             /dest_var['label']...=agr_func(src_vars, args...)...

   AGGREGATE summarizes groups of cases into single cases.  Cases are
divided into groups that have the same values for one or more variables
called "break variables".  Several functions are available for
summarizing case contents.

   The OUTFILE subcommand is required and must appear first.  Specify a
system file, portable file, or scratch file by file name or file handle
(*note File Handles::).  The aggregated cases are written to this file.
If `*' is specified, then the aggregated cases replace the active file.
Use of OUTFILE to write a portable file or scratch file is a PSPP
extension.

   By default, the active file will be sorted based on the break
variables before aggregation takes place.  If the active file is
already sorted or otherwise grouped in terms of the break variables,
specify PRESORTED to save time.

   Specify DOCUMENT to copy the documents from the active file into the
aggregate file (*note DOCUMENT::).  Otherwise, the aggregate file will
not contain any documents, even if the aggregate file replaces the
active file.

   Normally, only a single case (for SD and SD., two cases) need be
non-missing in each group for the aggregate variable to be non-missing.
Specifying /MISSING=COLUMNWISE inverts this behavior, so that the
aggregate variable becomes missing if any aggregated value is missing.

   If PRESORTED, DOCUMENT, or MISSING are specified, they must appear
between OUTFILE and BREAK.

   At least one break variable must be specified on BREAK, a required
subcommand.  The values of these variables are used to divide the
active file into groups to be summarized.  In addition, at least one
DEST_VAR must be specified.

   One or more sets of aggregation variables must be specified.  Each
set comprises a list of aggregation variables, an equals sign (`='),
the name of an aggregation function (see the list below), and a list of
source variables in parentheses.  Some aggregation functions expect
additional arguments following the source variable names.

   Aggregation variables typically are created with no variable label,
value labels, or missing values.  Their default print and write formats
depend on the aggregation function used, with details given in the
table below.  A variable label for an aggregation variable may be
specified just after the variable's name in the aggregation variable
list.

   Each set must have exactly as many source variables as aggregation
variables.  Each aggregation variable receives the results of applying
the specified aggregation function to the corresponding source
variable.  The MEAN, SD, and SUM aggregation functions may only be
applied to numeric variables.  All the rest may be applied to numeric
and short and long string variables.

   The available aggregation functions are as follows:

FGT(var_name, value)
     Fraction of values greater than the specified constant.  The
     default format is F5.3.

FIN(var_name, low, high)
     Fraction of values within the specified inclusive range of
     constants.  The default format is F5.3.

FLT(var_name, value)
     Fraction of values less than the specified constant.  The default
     format is F5.3.

FIRST(var_name)
     First non-missing value in break group.  The aggregation variable
     receives the complete dictionary information from the source
     variable.  The sort performed by AGGREGATE (and by SORT CASES) is
     stable, so that the first case with particular values for the
     break variables before sorting will also be the first case in that
     break group after sorting.

FOUT(var_name, low, high)
     Fraction of values strictly outside the specified range of
     constants.  The default format is F5.3.

LAST(var_name)
     Last non-missing value in break group.  The aggregation variable
     receives the complete dictionary information from the source
     variable.  The sort performed by AGGREGATE (and by SORT CASES) is
     stable, so that the last case with particular values for the break
     variables before sorting will also be the last case in that break
     group after sorting.

MAX(var_name)
     Maximum value.  The aggregation variable receives the complete
     dictionary information from the source variable.

MEAN(var_name)
     Arithmetic mean.  Limited to numeric values.  The default format is
     F8.2.

MIN(var_name)
     Minimum value.  The aggregation variable receives the complete
     dictionary information from the source variable.

N(var_name)
     Number of non-missing values.  The default format is F7.0 if
     weighting is not enabled, F8.2 if it is (*note WEIGHT::).

N
     Number of cases aggregated to form this group.  The default format
     is F7.0 if weighting is not enabled, F8.2 if it is (*note
     WEIGHT::).

NMISS(var_name)
     Number of missing values.  The default format is F7.0 if weighting
     is not enabled, F8.2 if it is (*note WEIGHT::).

NU(var_name)
     Number of non-missing values.  Each case is considered to have a
     weight of 1, regardless of the current weighting variable (*note
     WEIGHT::).  The default format is F7.0.

NU
     Number of cases aggregated to form this group.  Each case is
     considered to have a weight of 1, regardless of the current
     weighting variable.  The default format is F7.0.

NUMISS(var_name)
     Number of missing values.  Each case is considered to have a
     weight of 1, regardless of the current weighting variable.  The
     default format is F7.0.

PGT(var_name, value)
     Percentage between 0 and 100 of values greater than the specified
     constant.  The default format is F5.1.

PIN(var_name, low, high)
     Percentage of values within the specified inclusive range of
     constants.  The default format is F5.1.

PLT(var_name, value)
     Percentage of values less than the specified constant.  The default
     format is F5.1.

POUT(var_name, low, high)
     Percentage of values strictly outside the specified range of
     constants.  The default format is F5.1.

SD(var_name)
     Standard deviation of the mean.  Limited to numeric values.  The
     default format is F8.2.

SUM(var_name)
     Sum.  Limited to numeric values.  The default format is F8.2.

   Aggregation functions compare string values in terms of internal
character codes.  On most modern computers, this is a form of ASCII.

   The aggregation functions listed above exclude all user-missing
values from calculations.  To include user-missing values, insert a
period (`.') at the end of the function name.  (e.g. `SUM.').  (Be
aware that specifying such a function as the last token on a line will
cause the period to be interpreted as the end of the command.)

   AGGREGATE both ignores and cancels the current SPLIT FILE settings
(*note SPLIT FILE::).


File: pspp.info,  Node: AUTORECODE,  Next: COMPUTE,  Prev: AGGREGATE,  Up: Data Manipulation

9.2 AUTORECODE
==============

     AUTORECODE VARIABLES=src_vars INTO dest_vars
             /DESCENDING
             /PRINT

   The AUTORECODE procedure considers the N values that a variable
takes on and maps them onto values 1...N on a new numeric variable.

   Subcommand VARIABLES is the only required subcommand and must come
first.  Specify VARIABLES, an equals sign (`='), a list of source
variables, INTO, and a list of target variables.  There must the same
number of source and target variables.  The target variables must not
already exist.

   By default, increasing values of a source variable (for a string,
this is based on character code comparisons) are recoded to increasing
values of its target variable.  To cause increasing values of a source
variable to be recoded to decreasing values of its target variable (N
down to 1), specify DESCENDING.

   PRINT is currently ignored.

   AUTORECODE is a procedure.  It causes the data to be read.


File: pspp.info,  Node: COMPUTE,  Next: COUNT,  Prev: AUTORECODE,  Up: Data Manipulation

9.3 COMPUTE
===========

     COMPUTE variable = expression.
       or
     COMPUTE vector(index) = expression.

   COMPUTE assigns the value of an expression to a target variable.
For each case, the expression is evaluated and its value assigned to
the target variable.  Numeric and short and long string variables may
be assigned.  When a string expression's width differs from the target
variable's width, the string result of the expression is truncated or
padded with spaces on the right as necessary.  The expression and
variable types must match.

   For numeric variables only, the target variable need not already
exist.  Numeric variables created by COMPUTE are assigned an `F8.2'
output format.  String variables must be declared before they can be
used as targets for COMPUTE.

   The target variable may be specified as an element of a vector
(*note VECTOR::).  In this case, a vector index expression must be
specified in parentheses following the vector name.  The index
expression must evaluate to a numeric value that, after rounding down
to the nearest integer, is a valid index for the named vector.

   Using COMPUTE to assign to a variable specified on LEAVE (*note
LEAVE::) resets the variable's left state.  Therefore, `LEAVE' should
be specified following COMPUTE, not before.

   COMPUTE is a transformation.  It does not cause the active file to be
read.

   When COMPUTE is specified following TEMPORARY (*note TEMPORARY::),
the LAG function may not be used (*note LAG::).


File: pspp.info,  Node: COUNT,  Next: FLIP,  Prev: COMPUTE,  Up: Data Manipulation

9.4 COUNT
=========

     COUNT var_name = var... (value...).

     Each value takes one of the following forms:
             number
             string
             num1 THRU num2
             MISSING
             SYSMIS
     In addition, num1 and num2 can be LO or LOWEST, or HI or HIGHEST,
     respectively.

   COUNT creates or replaces a numeric "target" variable that counts
the occurrence of a "criterion" value or set of values over one or more
"test" variables for each case.

   The target variable values are always nonnegative integers.  They are
never missing.  The target variable is assigned an F8.2 output format.
*Note Input and Output Formats::.  Any variables, including long and
short string variables, may be test variables.

   User-missing values of test variables are treated just like any other
values.  They are *not* treated as system-missing values.  User-missing
values that are criterion values or inside ranges of criterion values
are counted as any other values.  However (for numeric variables),
keyword MISSING may be used to refer to all system- and user-missing
values.

   COUNT target variables are assigned values in the order specified.
In the command `COUNT A=A B(1) /B=A B(2).', the following actions occur:

   - The number of occurrences of 1 between `A' and `B' is counted.

   - `A' is assigned this value.

   - The number of occurrences of 1 between `B' and the *new* value of
     `A' is counted.

   - `B' is assigned this value.

   Despite this ordering, all COUNT criterion variables must exist
before the procedure is executed--they may not be created as target
variables earlier in the command!  Break such a command into two
separate commands.

   The examples below may help to clarify.

  A. Assuming `Q0', `Q2', ..., `Q9' are numeric variables, the
     following commands:

       1. Count the number of times the value 1 occurs through these
          variables for each case and assigns the count to variable
          `QCOUNT'.

       2. Print out the total number of times the value 1 occurs
          throughout _all_ cases using DESCRIPTIVES.  *Note
          DESCRIPTIVES::, for details.

          COUNT QCOUNT=Q0 TO Q9(1).
          DESCRIPTIVES QCOUNT /STATISTICS=SUM.

  B. Given these same variables, the following commands:

       1. Count the number of valid values of these variables for each
          case and assigns the count to variable `QVALID'.

       2. Multiplies each value of `QVALID' by 10 to obtain a
          percentage of valid values, using COMPUTE.  *Note COMPUTE::,
          for details.

       3. Print out the percentage of valid values across all cases,
          using DESCRIPTIVES.  *Note DESCRIPTIVES::, for details.

          COUNT QVALID=Q0 TO Q9 (LO THRU HI).
          COMPUTE QVALID=QVALID*10.
          DESCRIPTIVES QVALID /STATISTICS=MEAN.


File: pspp.info,  Node: FLIP,  Next: IF,  Prev: COUNT,  Up: Data Manipulation

9.5 FLIP
========

     FLIP /VARIABLES=var_list /NEWNAMES=var_name.

   FLIP transposes rows and columns in the active file.  It causes
cases to be swapped with variables, and vice versa.

   All variables in the transposed active file are numeric.  String
variables take on the system-missing value in the transposed file.

   No subcommands are required.  If specified, the VARIABLES subcommand
selects variables to be transformed into cases, and variables not
specified are discarded.  If the VARIABLES subcommand is omitted, all
variables are selected for transposition.

   The variables specified by NEWNAMES, which must be a string
variable, is used to give names to the variables created by FLIP.  Only
the first 8 characters of the variable are used.  If NEWNAMES is not
specified then the default is a variable named CASE_LBL, if it exists.
If it does not then the variables created by FLIP are named VAR000
through VAR999, then VAR1000, VAR1001, and so on.

   When a NEWNAMES variable is available, the names must be
canonicalized before becoming variable names.  Invalid characters are
replaced by letter `V' in the first position, or by `_' in subsequent
positions.  If the name thus generated is not unique, then numeric
extensions are added, starting with 1, until a unique name is found or
there are no remaining possibilities.  If the latter occurs then the
FLIP operation aborts.

   The resultant dictionary contains a CASE_LBL variable, a string
variable of width 8, which stores the names of the variables in the
dictionary before the transposition.  Variables names longer than 8
characters are truncated.  If the active file is subsequently
transposed using FLIP, this variable can be used to recreate the
original variable names.

   FLIP honors N OF CASES (*note N OF CASES::).  It ignores TEMPORARY
(*note TEMPORARY::), so that "temporary" transformations become
permanent.


File: pspp.info,  Node: IF,  Next: RECODE,  Prev: FLIP,  Up: Data Manipulation

9.6 IF
======

     IF condition variable=expression.
       or
     IF condition vector(index)=expression.

   The IF transformation conditionally assigns the value of a target
expression to a target variable, based on the truth of a test
expression.

   Specify a boolean-valued expression (*note Expressions::) to be
tested following the IF keyword.  This expression is evaluated for each
case.  If the value is true, then the value of the expression is
computed and assigned to the specified variable.  If the value is false
or missing, nothing is done.  Numeric and short and long string
variables may be assigned.  When a string expression's width differs
from the target variable's width, the string result of the expression
is truncated or padded with spaces on the right as necessary.  The
expression and variable types must match.

   The target variable may be specified as an element of a vector
(*note VECTOR::).  In this case, a vector index expression must be
specified in parentheses following the vector name.  The index
expression must evaluate to a numeric value that, after rounding down
to the nearest integer, is a valid index for the named vector.

   Using IF to assign to a variable specified on LEAVE (*note LEAVE::)
resets the variable's left state.  Therefore, `LEAVE' should be
specified following IF, not before.

   When IF is specified following TEMPORARY (*note TEMPORARY::), the
LAG function may not be used (*note LAG::).


File: pspp.info,  Node: RECODE,  Next: SORT CASES,  Prev: IF,  Up: Data Manipulation

9.7 RECODE
==========

     RECODE var_list (src_value...=dest_value)... [INTO var_list].

     src_value may take the following forms:
             number
             string
             num1 THRU num2
             MISSING
             SYSMIS
             ELSE
     Open-ended ranges may be specified using LO or LOWEST for num1
     or HI or HIGHEST for num2.

     dest_value may take the following forms:
             num
             string
             SYSMIS
             COPY

   RECODE translates data from one range of values to another, via
flexible user-specified mappings.  Data may be remapped in-place or
copied to new variables.  Numeric, short string, and long string data
can be recoded.

   Specify the list of source variables, followed by one or more mapping
specifications each enclosed in parentheses.  If the data is to be
copied to new variables, specify INTO, then the list of target
variables.  String target variables must already have been declared
using STRING or another transformation, but numeric target variables can
be created on the fly.  There must be exactly as many target variables
as source variables.  Each source variable is remapped into its
corresponding target variable.

   When INTO is not used, the input and output variables must be of the
same type.  Otherwise, string values can be recoded into numeric values,
and vice versa.  When this is done and there is no mapping for a
particular value, either a value consisting of all spaces or the
system-missing value is assigned, depending on variable type.

   Mappings are considered from left to right.  The first src_value that
matches the value of the source variable causes the target variable to
receive the value indicated by the dest_value.  Literal number, string,
and range src_value's should be self-explanatory.  MISSING as a
src_value matches any user- or system-missing value.  SYSMIS matches the
system missing value only.  ELSE is a catch-all that matches anything.
It should be the last src_value specified.

   Numeric and string dest_value's should be self-explanatory.  COPY
causes the input values to be copied to the output.  This is only valid
if the source and target variables are of the same type.  SYSMIS
indicates the system-missing value.

   If the source variables are strings and the target variables are
numeric, then there is one additional mapping available: (CONVERT),
which must be the last specified mapping.  CONVERT causes a number
specified as a string to be converted to a numeric value.  If the string
cannot be parsed as a number, then the system-missing value is assigned.

   Multiple recodings can be specified on a single RECODE invocation.
Introduce additional recodings with a slash (`/') to separate them from
the previous recodings.


File: pspp.info,  Node: SORT CASES,  Prev: RECODE,  Up: Data Manipulation

9.8 SORT CASES
==============

     SORT CASES BY var_list[({D|A}] [ var_list[({D|A}] ] ...

   SORT CASES sorts the active file by the values of one or more
variables.

   Specify BY and a list of variables to sort by.  By default, variables
are sorted in ascending order.  To override sort order, specify (D) or
(DOWN) after a list of variables to get descending order, or (A) or (UP)
for ascending order.  These apply to all the listed variables up until
the preceding (A), (D), (UP) or (DOWN).

   The sort algorithms used by SORT CASES are stable.  That is, records
that have equal values of the sort variables will have the same
relative order before and after sorting.  As a special case, re-sorting
an already sorted file will not affect the ordering of cases.

   SORT CASES is a procedure.  It causes the data to be read.

   SORT CASES attempts to sort the entire active file in main memory.
If workspace is exhausted, it falls back to a merge sort algorithm that
involves creates numerous temporary files.

   SORT CASES may not be specified following TEMPORARY.


File: pspp.info,  Node: Data Selection,  Next: Conditionals and Looping,  Prev: Data Manipulation,  Up: Top

10 Selecting data for analysis
******************************

This chapter documents PSPP commands that temporarily or permanently
select data records from the active file for analysis.

* Menu:

* FILTER::                      Exclude cases based on a variable.
* N OF CASES::                  Limit the size of the active file.
* SAMPLE::                      Select a specified proportion of cases.
* SELECT IF::                   Permanently delete selected cases.
* SPLIT FILE::                  Do multiple analyses with one command.
* TEMPORARY::                   Make transformations' effects temporary.
* WEIGHT::                      Weight cases by a variable.


File: pspp.info,  Node: FILTER,  Next: N OF CASES,  Up: Data Selection

10.1 FILTER
===========

     FILTER BY var_name.
     FILTER OFF.

   FILTER allows a boolean-valued variable to be used to select cases
from the data stream for processing.

   To set up filtering, specify BY and a variable name.  Keyword BY is
optional but recommended.  Cases which have a zero or system- or
user-missing value are excluded from analysis, but not deleted from the
data stream.  Cases with other values are analyzed.  To filter based on
a different condition, use transformations such as COMPUTE or RECODE to
compute a filter variable of the required form, then specify that
variable on FILTER.

   `FILTER OFF' turns off case filtering.

   Filtering takes place immediately before cases pass to a procedure
for analysis.  Only one filter variable may be active at a time.
Normally, case filtering continues until it is explicitly turned off
with `FILTER OFF'.  However, if FILTER is placed after TEMPORARY, it
filters only the next procedure or procedure-like command.


File: pspp.info,  Node: N OF CASES,  Next: SAMPLE,  Prev: FILTER,  Up: Data Selection

10.2 N OF CASES
===============

     N [OF CASES] num_of_cases [ESTIMATED].

   N OF CASES limits the number of cases processed by any procedures
that follow it in the command stream.  `N OF CASES 100', for example,
tells PSPP to disregard all cases after the first 100.

   When N OF CASES is specified after TEMPORARY, it affects only the
next procedure (*note TEMPORARY::).  Otherwise, cases beyond the limit
specified are not processed by any later procedure.

   If the limit specified on N OF CASES is greater than the number of
cases in the active file, it has no effect.

   When N OF CASES is used along with SAMPLE or SELECT IF, the case
limit is applied to the cases obtained after sampling or case
selection, regardless of how N OF CASES is placed relative to SAMPLE or
SELECT IF in the command file.  Thus, the commands `N OF CASES 100' and
`SAMPLE .5' will both randomly sample approximately half of the active
file's cases, then select the first 100 of those sampled, regardless of
their order in the command file.

   N OF CASES with the `ESTIMATED' keyword gives an estimated number of
cases before DATA LIST or another command to read in data.  `ESTIMATED'
never limits the number of cases processed by procedures.  PSPP
currently does not make use of case count estimates.


File: pspp.info,  Node: SAMPLE,  Next: SELECT IF,  Prev: N OF CASES,  Up: Data Selection

10.3 SAMPLE
===========

     SAMPLE num1 [FROM num2].

   SAMPLE randomly samples a proportion of the cases in the active
file.  Unless it follows TEMPORARY, it operates as a transformation,
permanently removing cases from the active file.

   The proportion to sample can be expressed as a single number between
0 and 1.  If `k' is the number specified, and `N' is the number of
currently-selected cases in the active file, then after `SAMPLE K.',
approximately `k*N' cases will be selected.

   The proportion to sample can also be specified in the style `SAMPLE
M FROM N'.  With this style, cases are selected as follows:

  1. If N is equal to the number of currently-selected cases in the
     active file, exactly M cases will be selected.

  2. If N is greater than the number of currently-selected cases in the
     active file, an equivalent proportion of cases will be selected.

  3. If N is less than the number of currently-selected cases in the
     active, exactly M cases will be selected _from the first N cases
     in the active file._

   SAMPLE and SELECT IF are performed in the order specified by the
syntax file.

   SAMPLE is always performed before `N OF CASES', regardless of
ordering in the syntax file (*note N OF CASES::).

   The same values for SAMPLE may result in different samples.  To
obtain the same sample, use the `SET' command to set the random number
seed to the same value before each SAMPLE.  Different samples may still
result when the file is processed on systems with differing endianness
or floating-point formats.  By default, the random number seed is based
on the system time.


File: pspp.info,  Node: SELECT IF,  Next: SPLIT FILE,  Prev: SAMPLE,  Up: Data Selection

10.4 SELECT IF
==============

     SELECT IF expression.

   SELECT IF selects cases for analysis based on the value of a boolean
expression.  Cases not selected are permanently eliminated from the
active file, unless TEMPORARY is in effect (*note TEMPORARY::).

   Specify a boolean expression (*note Expressions::).  If the value of
the expression is true for a particular case, the case will be
analyzed.  If the expression has a false or missing value, then the
case will be deleted from the data stream.

   Place SELECT IF as early in the command file as possible.  Cases
that are deleted early can be processed more efficiently in time and
space.

   When SELECT IF is specified following TEMPORARY (*note TEMPORARY::),
the LAG function may not be used (*note LAG::).


File: pspp.info,  Node: SPLIT FILE,  Next: TEMPORARY,  Prev: SELECT IF,  Up: Data Selection

10.5 SPLIT FILE
===============

     SPLIT FILE [{LAYERED, SEPARATE}] BY var_list.
     SPLIT FILE OFF.

   SPLIT FILE allows multiple sets of data present in one data 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 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.

   When a list of variable names is specified, one of the keywords
LAYERED or SEPARATE may also be specified.  If provided, either keyword
are ignored.

   Groups are formed only by _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 (*note SORT CASES::).

   Specify OFF to disable SPLIT FILE and resume analysis of the entire
active file as a single group of data.

   When SPLIT FILE is specified after TEMPORARY, it affects only the
next procedure (*note TEMPORARY::).


File: pspp.info,  Node: TEMPORARY,  Next: WEIGHT,  Prev: SPLIT FILE,  Up: Data Selection

10.6 TEMPORARY
==============

     TEMPORARY.

   TEMPORARY is used to make the effects of transformations following
its execution temporary.  These transformations will affect only the
execution of the next procedure or procedure-like command.  Their
effects will not be saved to the active file.

   The only specification on TEMPORARY is the command name.

   TEMPORARY may not appear within a DO IF or LOOP construct.  It may
appear only once between procedures and procedure-like commands.

   Scratch variables cannot be used following TEMPORARY.

   An example may help to clarify:

     DATA LIST /X 1-2.
     BEGIN DATA.
      2
      4
     10
     15
     20
     24
     END DATA.
     COMPUTE X=X/2.
     TEMPORARY.
     COMPUTE X=X+3.
     DESCRIPTIVES X.
     DESCRIPTIVES X.

   The data read by the first DESCRIPTIVES are 4, 5, 8, 10.5, 13, 15.
The data read by the first DESCRIPTIVES are 1, 2, 5, 7.5, 10, 12.


File: pspp.info,  Node: WEIGHT,  Prev: TEMPORARY,  Up: Data Selection

10.7 WEIGHT
===========

     WEIGHT BY var_name.
     WEIGHT OFF.

   WEIGHT assigns cases varying weights, changing the frequency
distribution of the active file.  Execution of WEIGHT is delayed until
data have been read.

   If a variable name is specified, WEIGHT causes the values of that
variable to be used as weighting factors for subsequent statistical
procedures.  Use of keyword BY is optional but recommended.  Weighting
variables must be numeric.  Scratch variables may not be used for
weighting (*note Scratch Variables::).

   When OFF is specified, subsequent statistical procedures will weight
all cases equally.

   A positive integer weighting factor W on a case will yield the same
statistical output as would replicating the case W times.  A weighting
factor of 0 is treated for statistical purposes as if the case did not
exist in the input.  Weighting values need not be integers, but
negative and system-missing values for the weighting variable are
interpreted as weighting factors of 0.  User-missing values are not
treated specially.

   When WEIGHT is specified after TEMPORARY, it affects only the next
procedure (*note TEMPORARY::).

   WEIGHT does not cause cases in the active file to be replicated in
memory.


File: pspp.info,  Node: Conditionals and Looping,  Next: Statistics,  Prev: Data Selection,  Up: Top

11 Conditional and Looping Constructs
*************************************

This chapter documents PSPP commands used for conditional execution,
looping, and flow of control.

* Menu:

* BREAK::                       Exit a loop.
* DO IF::                       Conditionally execute a block of code.
* DO REPEAT::                   Textually repeat a code block.
* LOOP::                        Repeat a block of code.


File: pspp.info,  Node: BREAK,  Next: DO IF,  Up: Conditionals and Looping

11.1 BREAK
==========

     BREAK.

   BREAK terminates execution of the innermost currently executing LOOP
construct.

   BREAK is allowed only inside LOOP...END LOOP.  *Note LOOP::, for
more details.


File: pspp.info,  Node: DO IF,  Next: DO REPEAT,  Prev: BREAK,  Up: Conditionals and Looping

11.2 DO IF
==========

     DO IF condition.
             ...
     [ELSE IF condition.
             ...
     ]...
     [ELSE.
             ...]
     END IF.

   DO IF allows one of several sets of transformations to be executed,
depending on user-specified conditions.

   If the specified boolean expression evaluates as true, then the block
of code following DO IF is executed.  If it evaluates as missing, then
none of the code blocks is executed.  If it is false, then the boolean
expression on the first ELSE IF, if present, is tested in turn, with
the same rules applied.  If all expressions evaluate to false, then the
ELSE code block is executed, if it is present.

   When DO IF or ELSE IF is specified following TEMPORARY (*note
TEMPORARY::), the LAG function may not be used (*note LAG::).


File: pspp.info,  Node: DO REPEAT,  Next: LOOP,  Prev: DO IF,  Up: Conditionals and Looping

11.3 DO REPEAT
==============

     DO REPEAT dummy_name=expansion....
             ...
     END REPEAT [PRINT].

     expansion takes one of the following forms:
             var_list
             num_or_range...
             'string'...

     num_or_range takes one of the following forms:
             number
             num1 TO num2

   DO REPEAT repeats a block of code, textually substituting different
variables, numbers, or strings into the block with each repetition.

   Specify a dummy variable name followed by an equals sign (`=') and
the list of replacements.  Replacements can be a list of variables
(which may be existing variables or new variables or some combination),
numbers, or strings.  When new variable names are specified, DO REPEAT
creates them as numeric variables.  When numbers are specified, runs of
increasing integers may be indicated as `NUM1 TO NUM2', so that `1 TO
5' is short for `1 2 3 4 5'.

   Multiple dummy variables can be specified.  Each variable must have
the same number of replacements.

   The code within DO REPEAT is repeated as many times as there are
replacements for each variable.  The first time, the first value for
each dummy variable is substituted; the second time, the second value
for each dummy variable is substituted; and so on.

   Dummy variable substitutions work like macros.  They take place
anywhere in a line that the dummy variable name occurs as a token,
including command and subcommand names.  For this reason, words
commonly used in command and subcommand names should not be used as
dummy variable identifiers.

   If PRINT is specified on END REPEAT, the commands after substitutions
are made are printed to the listing file, prefixed by a plus sign (`+').


File: pspp.info,  Node: LOOP,  Prev: DO REPEAT,  Up: Conditionals and Looping

11.4 LOOP
=========

     LOOP [index_var=start TO end [BY incr]] [IF condition].
             ...
     END LOOP [IF condition].

   LOOP iterates a group of commands.  A number of termination options
are offered.

   Specify index_var to make that variable count from one value to
another by a particular increment.  index_var must be a pre-existing
numeric variable.  start, end, and incr are numeric expressions (*note
Expressions::.)

   During the first iteration, index_var is set to the value of start.
During each successive iteration, index_var is increased by the value of
incr.  If end > start, then the loop terminates when index_var > end;
otherwise it terminates when index_var < end.  If incr is not specified
then it defaults to +1 or -1 as appropriate.

   If end > start and incr < 0, or if end < start and incr > 0, then the
loop is never executed.  index_var is nevertheless set to the value of
start.

   Modifying index_var within the loop is allowed, but it has no effect
on the value of index_var in the next iteration.

   Specify a boolean expression for the condition on LOOP to cause the
loop to be executed only if the condition is true.  If the condition is
false or missing before the loop contents are executed the first time,
the loop contents are not executed at all.

   If index and condition clauses are both present on LOOP, the index
variable is always set before the condition is evaluated.  Thus, a
condition that makes use of the index variable will always see the
index value to be used in the next execution of the body.

   Specify a boolean expression for the condition on END LOOP to cause
the loop to terminate if the condition is true after the enclosed code
block is executed.  The condition is evaluated at the end of the loop,
not at the beginning, so that the body of a loop with only a condition
on END LOOP will always execute at least once.

   If neither the index clause nor either condition clause is present,
then the loop is executed MXLOOPS (*note SET::) times.

   BREAK also terminates LOOP execution (*note BREAK::).

   Loop index variables are by default reset to system-missing from one
case to another, not left, unless a scratch variable is used as index.
When loops are nested, this is usually undesired behavior, which can be
corrected with LEAVE (*note LEAVE::) or by using a scratch variable as
the loop index.

   When LOOP or END LOOP is specified following TEMPORARY (*note
TEMPORARY::), the LAG function may not be used (*note LAG::).


File: pspp.info,  Node: Statistics,  Next: Utilities,  Prev: Conditionals and Looping,  Up: Top

12 Statistics
*************

This chapter documents the statistical procedures that PSPP supports so
far.

* Menu:

* DESCRIPTIVES::                Descriptive statistics.
* FREQUENCIES::                 Frequency tables.
* EXAMINE::                     Testing data for normality.
* CROSSTABS::                   Crosstabulation tables.
* NPAR TESTS::                  Nonparametric tests.
* T-TEST::                      Test hypotheses about means.
* ONEWAY::                      One way analysis of variance.
* RANK::                        Compute rank scores.
* REGRESSION::                  Linear regression.


File: pspp.info,  Node: DESCRIPTIVES,  Next: FREQUENCIES,  Up: Statistics

12.1 DESCRIPTIVES
=================

     DESCRIPTIVES
             /VARIABLES=var_list
             /MISSING={VARIABLE,LISTWISE} {INCLUDE,NOINCLUDE}
             /FORMAT={LABELS,NOLABELS} {NOINDEX,INDEX} {LINE,SERIAL}
             /SAVE
             /STATISTICS={ALL,MEAN,SEMEAN,STDDEV,VARIANCE,KURTOSIS,
                          SKEWNESS,RANGE,MINIMUM,MAXIMUM,SUM,DEFAULT,
                          SESKEWNESS,SEKURTOSIS}
             /SORT={NONE,MEAN,SEMEAN,STDDEV,VARIANCE,KURTOSIS,SKEWNESS,
                    RANGE,MINIMUM,MAXIMUM,SUM,SESKEWNESS,SEKURTOSIS,NAME}
                   {A,D}

   The DESCRIPTIVES procedure reads the active file and outputs
descriptive statistics requested by the user.  In addition, it can
optionally compute Z-scores.

   The VARIABLES subcommand, which is required, specifies the list of
variables to be analyzed.  Keyword VARIABLES is optional.

   All other subcommands are optional:

   The MISSING subcommand determines the handling of missing variables.
If INCLUDE is set, then user-missing values are included in the
calculations.  If NOINCLUDE is set, which is the default, user-missing
values are excluded.  If VARIABLE is set, then missing values are
excluded on a variable by variable basis; if LISTWISE is set, then the
entire case is excluded whenever any value in that case has a
system-missing or, if INCLUDE is set, user-missing value.

   The FORMAT subcommand affects the output format.  Currently the
LABELS/NOLABELS and NOINDEX/INDEX settings are not used.  When SERIAL is
set, both valid and missing number of cases are listed in the output;
when NOSERIAL is set, only valid cases are listed.

   The SAVE subcommand causes DESCRIPTIVES to calculate Z scores for all
the specified variables.  The Z scores are saved to new variables.
Variable names are generated by trying first the original variable name
with Z prepended and truncated to a maximum of 8 characters, then the
names ZSC000 through ZSC999, STDZ00 through STDZ09, ZZZZ00 through
ZZZZ09, ZQZQ00 through ZQZQ09, in that sequence.  In addition, Z score
variable names can be specified explicitly on VARIABLES in the variable
list by enclosing them in parentheses after each variable.

   The STATISTICS subcommand specifies the statistics to be displayed:

`ALL'
     All of the statistics below.

`MEAN'
     Arithmetic mean.

`SEMEAN'
     Standard error of the mean.

`STDDEV'
     Standard deviation.

`VARIANCE'
     Variance.

`KURTOSIS'
     Kurtosis and standard error of the kurtosis.

`SKEWNESS'
     Skewness and standard error of the skewness.

`RANGE'
     Range.

`MINIMUM'
     Minimum value.

`MAXIMUM'
     Maximum value.

`SUM'
     Sum.

`DEFAULT'
     Mean, standard deviation of the mean, minimum, maximum.

`SEKURTOSIS'
     Standard error of the kurtosis.

`SESKEWNESS'
     Standard error of the skewness.

   The SORT subcommand specifies how the statistics should be sorted.
Most of the possible values should be self-explanatory.  NAME causes the
statistics to be sorted by name.  By default, the statistics are listed
in the order that they are specified on the VARIABLES subcommand.  The A
and D settings request an ascending or descending sort order,
respectively.


File: pspp.info,  Node: FREQUENCIES,  Next: EXAMINE,  Prev: DESCRIPTIVES,  Up: Statistics

12.2 FREQUENCIES
================

     FREQUENCIES
             /VARIABLES=var_list
             /FORMAT={TABLE,NOTABLE,LIMIT(limit)}
                     {STANDARD,CONDENSE,ONEPAGE[(onepage_limit)]}
                     {LABELS,NOLABELS}
                     {AVALUE,DVALUE,AFREQ,DFREQ}
                     {SINGLE,DOUBLE}
                     {OLDPAGE,NEWPAGE}
             /MISSING={EXCLUDE,INCLUDE}
             /STATISTICS={DEFAULT,MEAN,SEMEAN,MEDIAN,MODE,STDDEV,VARIANCE,
                          KURTOSIS,SKEWNESS,RANGE,MINIMUM,MAXIMUM,SUM,
                          SESKEWNESS,SEKURTOSIS,ALL,NONE}
             /NTILES=ntiles
             /PERCENTILES=percent...
             /HISTOGRAM=[MINIMUM(x_min)] [MAXIMUM(x_max)]
                        [{FREQ,PCNT}] [{NONORMAL,NORMAL}]
             /PIECHART=[MINIMUM(x_min)] [MAXIMUM(x_max)] {NOMISSING,MISSING}

     (These options are not currently implemented.)
             /BARCHART=...
             /HBAR=...
             /GROUPED=...

   The FREQUENCIES procedure outputs frequency tables for specified
variables.  FREQUENCIES can also calculate and display descriptive
statistics (including median and mode) and percentiles.

   FREQUENCIES also support graphical output in the form of histograms
and pie charts.  In the future, it will be able to produce bar charts
and output percentiles for grouped data.

   The VARIABLES subcommand is the only required subcommand.  Specify
the variables to be analyzed.

   The FORMAT subcommand controls the output format.  It has several
possible settings:

   * TABLE, the default, causes a frequency table to be output for every
     variable specified.  NOTABLE prevents them from being output.
     LIMIT with a numeric argument causes them to be output except when
     there are more than the specified number of values in the table.

   * STANDARD frequency tables contain more complete information, but
     also to take up more space on the printed page.  CONDENSE
     frequency tables are less informative but take up less space.
     ONEPAGE with a numeric argument will output standard frequency
     tables if there are the specified number of values or less,
     condensed tables otherwise.  ONEPAGE without an argument defaults
     to a threshold of 50 values.

   * LABELS causes value labels to be displayed in STANDARD frequency
     tables.  NOLABLES prevents this.

   * Normally frequency tables are sorted in ascending order by value.
     This is AVALUE.  DVALUE tables are sorted in descending order by
     value.  AFREQ and DFREQ tables are sorted in ascending and
     descending order, respectively, by frequency count.

   * SINGLE spaced frequency tables are closely spaced.  DOUBLE spaced
     frequency tables have wider spacing.

   * OLDPAGE and NEWPAGE are not currently used.

   The MISSING subcommand controls the handling of user-missing values.
When EXCLUDE, the default, is set, user-missing values are not included
in frequency tables or statistics.  When INCLUDE is set, user-missing
are included.  System-missing values are never included in statistics,
but are listed in frequency tables.

   The available STATISTICS are the same as available in DESCRIPTIVES
(*note DESCRIPTIVES::), with the addition of MEDIAN, the data's median
value, and MODE, the mode.  (If there are multiple modes, the smallest
value is reported.)  By default, the mean, standard deviation of the
mean, minimum, and maximum are reported for each variable.

   PERCENTILES causes the specified percentiles to be reported.  The
percentiles should  be presented at a list of numbers between 0 and 100
inclusive.  The NTILES subcommand causes the percentiles to be reported
at the boundaries of the data set divided into the specified number of
ranges.  For instance, `/NTILES=4' would cause quartiles to be reported.

   The HISTOGRAM subcommand causes the output to include a histogram for
each specified variable.  The X axis by default ranges from the minimum
to the maximum value observed in the data, but the MINIMUM and MAXIMUM
keywords can set an explicit range.  The Y axis by default is labeled
in frequencies; use the PERCENT keyword to causes it to be labeled in
percent of the total observed count.  Specify NORMAL to superimpose a
normal curve on the histogram.

   The PIECHART adds a pie chart for each variable to the data.  Each
slice represents one value, with the size of the slice proportional to
the value's frequency.  By default, all non-missing values are given
slices.  The MINIMUM and MAXIMUM keywords can be used to limit the
displayed slices to a given range of values.  The MISSING keyword adds
slices for missing values.


File: pspp.info,  Node: EXAMINE,  Next: CROSSTABS,  Prev: FREQUENCIES,  Up: Statistics

12.3 EXAMINE
============

     EXAMINE
             VARIABLES=var_list [BY factor_list ]
             /STATISTICS={DESCRIPTIVES, EXTREME[(n)], ALL, NONE}
             /PLOT={BOXPLOT, NPPLOT, HISTOGRAM, ALL, NONE}
             /CINTERVAL n
             /COMPARE={GROUPS,VARIABLES}
             /ID={case_number, var_name}
             /{TOTAL,NOTOTAL}
             /PERCENTILE=[value_list]={HAVERAGE, WAVERAGE, ROUND, AEMPIRICAL, EMPIRICAL }
             /MISSING={LISTWISE, PAIRWISE} [{EXCLUDE, INCLUDE}]
     		[{NOREPORT,REPORT}]

   The EXAMINE command is used to test how closely a distribution is to
a normal distribution.  It also shows you outliers and extreme values.

   The VARIABLES subcommand specifies the dependent variables and the
independent variable to use as factors for the analysis.   Variables
listed before the first BY keyword are the dependent variables.  The
dependent variables may optionally be followed by a list of factors
which tell PSPP how to break down the analysis for each dependent
variable.  The format for each factor is
     var [BY var].

   The STATISTICS subcommand specifies the analysis to be done.
DESCRIPTIVES will produce a table showing some parametric and
non-parametrics statistics.  EXTREME produces a table showing extreme
values of the dependent variable.  A number in parentheses determines
how many upper and lower extremes to show.  The default number is 5.

   The PLOT subcommand specifies which plots are to be produced if any.

   The COMPARE subcommand is only relevant if producing boxplots, and
it is only useful there is more than one dependent variable and at
least one factor.   If /COMPARE=GROUPS is specified, then one plot per
dependent variable is produced, containing boxplots for all the factors.
If /COMPARE=VARIABLES is specified, then one plot per factor is
produced, each each containing one boxplot per dependent variable.  If
the /COMPARE subcommand is ommitted, then PSPP uses the default value of
/COMPARE=GROUPS.

   The CINTERVAL subcommand specifies the confidence interval to use in
calculation of the descriptives command.  The default it 95%.

   The PERCENTILES subcommand specifies which percentiles are to be
calculated, and which algorithm to use for calculating them.  The
default is to calculate the 5, 10, 25, 50, 75, 90, 95 percentiles using
the HAVERAGE algorithm.

   The TOTAL and NOTOTAL subcommands are mutually exclusive.  If NOTOTAL
is given and factors have been specified in the VARIABLES subcommand,
then then statistics for the unfactored dependent variables are
produced in addition to the factored variables.  If there are no
factors specified then TOTAL and NOTOTAL have no effect.

   *Warning!* If many dependent variable are given, or factors are
given for which there are many distinct values, then EXAMINE will
produce a very large quantity of output.


File: pspp.info,  Node: CROSSTABS,  Next: NPAR TESTS,  Prev: EXAMINE,  Up: Statistics

12.4 CROSSTABS
==============

     CROSSTABS
             /TABLES=var_list BY var_list [BY var_list]...
             /MISSING={TABLE,INCLUDE,REPORT}
             /WRITE={NONE,CELLS,ALL}
             /FORMAT={TABLES,NOTABLES}
                     {LABELS,NOLABELS,NOVALLABS}
                     {PIVOT,NOPIVOT}
                     {AVALUE,DVALUE}
                     {NOINDEX,INDEX}
                     {BOX,NOBOX}
             /CELLS={COUNT,ROW,COLUMN,TOTAL,EXPECTED,RESIDUAL,SRESIDUAL,
                     ASRESIDUAL,ALL,NONE}
             /STATISTICS={CHISQ,PHI,CC,LAMBDA,UC,BTAU,CTAU,RISK,GAMMA,D,
                          KAPPA,ETA,CORR,ALL,NONE}

     (Integer mode.)
             /VARIABLES=var_list (low,high)...

   The CROSSTABS procedure displays crosstabulation tables requested by
the user.  It can calculate several statistics for each cell in the
crosstabulation tables.  In addition, a number of statistics can be
calculated for each table itself.

   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 "general
mode".

   Occasionally, one may want to invoke a special mode called "integer
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.

   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 table basis.  When set to INCLUDE, user-missing values are
included in tables and statistics.  When set to REPORT, which is
allowed only in integer mode, user-missing values are included in
tables but marked with an `M' (for "missing") and excluded from
statistical calculations.

   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
settings:

   * TABLES, the default, causes crosstabulation tables to be output.
     NOTABLES suppresses them.

   * LABELS, the default, allows variable labels and value labels to
     appear in the output.  NOLABELS suppresses them.  NOVALLABS
     displays variable labels but suppresses value labels.

   * PIVOT, the default, causes each TABLES subcommand to be displayed
     in a pivot table format.  NOPIVOT causes the old-style
     crosstabulation format to be used.

   * AVALUE, the default, causes values to be sorted in ascending order.
     DVALUE asserts a descending sort order.

   * INDEX/NOINDEX is currently ignored.

   * BOX/NOBOX is currently ignored.

   The CELLS subcommand controls the contents of each cell in the
displayed crosstabulation table.  The possible settings are:

COUNT
     Frequency count.

ROW
     Row percent.

COLUMN
     Column percent.

TOTAL
     Table percent.

EXPECTED
     Expected value.

RESIDUAL
     Residual.

SRESIDUAL
     Standardized residual.

ASRESIDUAL
     Adjusted standardized residual.

ALL
     All of the above.

NONE
     Suppress cells entirely.

   `/CELLS' without any settings specified requests COUNT, ROW, COLUMN,
and TOTAL.  If CELLS is not specified at all then only COUNT will be
selected.

   The STATISTICS subcommand selects statistics for computation:

CHISQ
     Pearson chi-square, likelihood ratio, Fisher's exact test,
     continuity correction, linear-by-linear association.

PHI
     Phi.

CC
     Contingency coefficient.

LAMBDA
     Lambda.

UC
     Uncertainty coefficient.

BTAU
     Tau-b.

CTAU
     Tau-c.

RISK
     Risk estimate.

GAMMA
     Gamma.

D
     Somers' D.

KAPPA
     Cohen's Kappa.

ETA
     Eta.

CORR
     Spearman correlation, Pearson's r.

ALL
     All of the above.

NONE
     No statistics.

   Selected statistics are only calculated when appropriate for the
statistic.  Certain statistics require tables of a particular size, and
some statistics are calculated only in integer mode.

   `/STATISTICS' without any settings selects CHISQ.  If the STATISTICS
subcommand is not given, no statistics are calculated.

   *Please note:* Currently the implementation of CROSSTABS has the
followings bugs:

   * Pearson's R (but not Spearman) is off a little.

   * T values for Spearman's R and Pearson's R are wrong.

   * Significance of symmetric and directional measures is not
     calculated.

   * Asymmetric ASEs and T values for lambda are wrong.

   * ASE of Goodman and Kruskal's tau is not calculated.

   * ASE of symmetric somers' d is wrong.

   * Approximate T of uncertainty coefficient is wrong.

   Fixes for any of these deficiencies would be welcomed.


File: pspp.info,  Node: NPAR TESTS,  Next: T-TEST,  Prev: CROSSTABS,  Up: Statistics

12.5 NPAR TESTS
===============

     NPAR TESTS

          nonparametric test subcommands
          .
          .
          .

          [ /STATISTICS={DESCRIPTIVES} ]

          [ /MISSING={ANALYSIS, LISTWISE} {INCLUDE, EXCLUDE} ]

   NPAR TESTS performs nonparametric tests.  Non parametric tests make
very few assumptions about the distribution of the data.  One or more
tests may be specified by using the corresponding subcommand.  If the
/STATISTICS subcommand is also specified, then summary statistics are
produces for each variable that is the subject of any test.

* Menu:

* BINOMIAL::                Binomial Test
* CHISQUARE::               Chisquare Test


File: pspp.info,  Node: BINOMIAL,  Next: CHISQUARE,  Up: NPAR TESTS

12.5.1 Binomial test
--------------------

          [ /BINOMIAL[(p)]=var_list[(value1[, value2)] ] ]

   The binomial test compares the observed distribution of a dichotomous
variable with that of a binomial distribution.  The variable P
specifies the test proportion of the binomial distribution.  The
default value of 0.5 is assumed if P is omitted.

   If a single value appears after the variable list, then that value is
used as the threshold to partition the observed values. Values less
than or equal to the threshold value form the first category.  Values
greater than the threshold form the second category.

   If two values appear after the variable list, then they will be used
as the values which a variable must take to be in the respective
category.  Cases for which a variable takes a value equal to neither of
the specified values, take no part in the test for that variable.

   If no values appear, then the variable must assume dichotomous
values.  If more than two distinct, non-missing values for a variable
under test are encountered then an error occurs.

   If the test proportion is equal to 0.5, then a two tailed test is
reported.   For any other test proportion, a one tailed test is
reported.  For one tailed tests, if the test proportion is less than or
equal to the observed proportion, then the significance of observing
the observed proportion or more is reported.  If the test proportion is
more than the observed proportion, then the significance of observing
the observed proportion or less is reported.  That is to say, the test
is always performed in the observed direction.

   PSPP uses a very precise approximation to the gamma function to
compute the binomial significance.  Thus, exact results are reported
even for very large sample sizes.


File: pspp.info,  Node: CHISQUARE,  Prev: BINOMIAL,  Up: NPAR TESTS

12.5.2 Chisquare test
---------------------

          [ /CHISQUARE=var_list[(lo,hi)] [/EXPECTED={EQUAL|f1, f2 ... fn}] ]

   The chisquare test produces a chi-square statistic for the
differences between the expected and observed frequencies of the
categories of a variable.  Optionally, a range of values may appear
after the variable list.  If a range is given, then non integer values
are truncated, and values outside the  specified range are excluded
from the analysis.

   The /EXPECTED subcommand specifies the expected values of each
category.  There must be exactly one non-zero expected value, for each
observed category, or the EQUAL keywork must be specified.  You may use
the notation N*F to specify N consecutive expected categories all
taking a frequency of F.  The frequencies given are proportions, not
absolute frequencies.  The sum of the frequencies need not be 1.  If no
/EXPECTED subcommand is given, then then equal frequencies are expected.


File: pspp.info,  Node: T-TEST,  Next: ONEWAY,  Prev: NPAR TESTS,  Up: Statistics

12.6 T-TEST
===========

     T-TEST
             /MISSING={ANALYSIS,LISTWISE} {EXCLUDE,INCLUDE}
             /CRITERIA=CIN(confidence)


     (One Sample mode.)
             TESTVAL=test_value
             /VARIABLES=var_list


     (Independent Samples mode.)
             GROUPS=var(value1 [, value2])
             /VARIABLES=var_list


     (Paired Samples mode.)
             PAIRS=var_list [WITH var_list [(PAIRED)] ]

   The T-TEST procedure outputs tables used in testing hypotheses about
means.  It operates in one of three modes:
   * One Sample mode.

   * Independent Groups mode.

   * Paired mode.

Each of these modes are described in more detail below.  There are two
optional subcommands which are common to all modes.

   The /CRITERIA subcommand tells PSPP the confidence interval used in
the tests.  The default value is 0.95.

   The MISSING subcommand determines the handling of missing variables.
If INCLUDE is set, then user-missing values are included in the
calculations, but system-missing values are not.  If EXCLUDE is set,
which is the default, user-missing values are excluded as well as
system-missing values.  This is the default.

   If LISTWISE is set, then the entire case is excluded from analysis
whenever any variable  specified in the /VARIABLES, /PAIRS or /GROUPS
subcommands contains a missing value.  If ANALYSIS is set, then missing
values are excluded only in the analysis for which they would be
needed. This is the default.

* Menu:

* One Sample Mode::             Testing against a hypothesised mean
* Independent Samples Mode::    Testing two independent groups for equal mean
* Paired Samples Mode::         Testing two interdependent groups for equal mean


File: pspp.info,  Node: One Sample Mode,  Next: Independent Samples Mode,  Up: T-TEST

12.6.1 One Sample Mode
----------------------

The TESTVAL subcommand invokes the One Sample mode.  This mode is used
to test a population mean against a hypothesised mean.  The value given
to the TESTVAL subcommand is the value against which you wish to test.
In this mode, you must also use the /VARIABLES subcommand to tell PSPP
which variables you wish to test.


File: pspp.info,  Node: Independent Samples Mode,  Next: Paired Samples Mode,  Prev: One Sample Mode,  Up: T-TEST

12.6.2 Independent Samples Mode
-------------------------------

The GROUPS subcommand invokes Independent Samples mode or `Groups' mode.
This mode is used to test whether two groups of values have the same
population mean.  In this mode, you must also use the /VARIABLES
subcommand to tell PSPP the dependent variables you wish to test.

   The variable given in the GROUPS subcommand is the independent
variable which determines to which group the samples belong.  The
values in parentheses are the specific values of the independent
variable for each group.  If the parentheses are omitted and no values
are given, the default values of 1.0 and 2.0 are assumed.

   If the independent variable is numeric, it is acceptable to specify
only one value inside the parentheses.  If you do this, cases where the
independent variable is greater than or equal to this value belong to
the first group, and cases less than this value belong to the second
group.  When using this form of the GROUPS subcommand, missing values in
the independent variable are excluded on a listwise basis, regardless
of whether /MISSING=LISTWISE was specified.


File: pspp.info,  Node: Paired Samples Mode,  Prev: Independent Samples Mode,  Up: T-TEST

12.6.3 Paired Samples Mode
--------------------------

The PAIRS subcommand introduces Paired Samples mode.  Use this mode
when repeated measures have been taken from the same samples.  If the
`WITH' keyword is omitted, then tables for all combinations of
variables given in the PAIRS subcommand are generated.  If the `WITH'
keyword is given, and the `(PAIRED)' keyword is also given, then the
number of variables preceding `WITH' must be the same as the number
following it.  In this case, tables for each respective pair of
variables are generated.  In the event that the `WITH' keyword is
given, but the `(PAIRED)' keyword is omitted, then tables for each
combination of variable preceding `WITH' against variable following
`WITH' are generated.


File: pspp.info,  Node: ONEWAY,  Next: RANK,  Prev: T-TEST,  Up: Statistics

12.7 ONEWAY
===========

     ONEWAY
             [/VARIABLES = ] var_list BY var
             /MISSING={ANALYSIS,LISTWISE} {EXCLUDE,INCLUDE}
             /CONTRAST= value1 [, value2] ... [,valueN]
             /STATISTICS={DESCRIPTIVES,HOMOGENEITY}

   The ONEWAY procedure performs a one-way analysis of variance of
variables factored by a single independent variable.  It is used to
compare the means of a population divided into more than two groups.

   The  variables to be analysed should be given in the `VARIABLES'
subcommand.  The list of variables must be followed by the `BY' keyword
and the name of the independent (or factor) variable.

   You can use the `STATISTICS' subcommand to tell PSPP to display
ancilliary information.  The options accepted are:
   * DESCRIPTIVES Displays descriptive statistics about the groups
     factored by the independent variable.

   * HOMOGENEITY Displays the Levene test of Homogeneity of Variance
     for the variables and their groups.

   The `CONTRAST' subcommand is used when you anticipate certain
differences between the groups.  The subcommand must be followed by a
list of numerals which are the coefficients of the groups to be tested.
The number of coefficients must correspond to the number of distinct
groups (or values of the independent variable).  If the total sum of
the coefficients are not zero, then PSPP will display a warning, but
will proceed with the analysis.  The `CONTRAST' subcommand may be given
up to 10 times in order to specify different contrast tests.


File: pspp.info,  Node: RANK,  Next: REGRESSION,  Prev: ONEWAY,  Up: Statistics

12.8 RANK
=========

     RANK
             [VARIABLES=] var_list [{A,D}] [BY var_list]
             /TIES={MEAN,LOW,HIGH,CONDENSE}
             /FRACTION={BLOM,TUKEY,VW,RANKIT}
             /PRINT[={YES,NO}
             /MISSING={EXCLUDE,INCLUDE}

             /RANK [INTO var_list]
             /NTILES(k) [INTO var_list]
             /NORMAL [INTO var_list]
             /PERCENT [INTO var_list]
             /RFRACTION [INTO var_list]
             /PROPORTION [INTO var_list]
             /N [INTO var_list]
             /SAVAGE [INTO var_list]

   The RANK command ranks variables and stores the results into new
variables.

   The VARIABLES subcommand, which is mandatory, specifies one or more
variables whose values are to be ranked.  After each variable, `A' or
`D' may appear, indicating that the variable is to be ranked in
ascending or descending order.  Ascending is the default.  If a BY
keyword appears, it should be followed by a list of variables which are
to serve as group variables.  In this case, the cases are gathered into
groups, and ranks calculated for each group.

   The TIES subcommand specifies how tied values are to be treated.  The
default is to take the mean value of all the tied cases.

   The FRACTION subcommand specifies how proportional ranks are to be
calculated.  This only has any effect if NORMAL or PROPORTIONAL rank
functions are requested.

   The PRINT subcommand may be used to specify that a summary of the
rank variables created should appear in the output.

   The function subcommands are RANK, NTILES, NORMAL, PERCENT,
RFRACTION, PROPORTION and SAVAGE.  Any number of function subcommands
may appear.  If none are given, then the default is RANK.  The NTILES
subcommand must take an integer specifying the number of partitions
into which values should be ranked.  Each subcommand may be followed by
the INTO keyword and a list of variables which are the variables to be
created and receive the rank scores.  There may be as many variables
specified as there are variables named on the VARIABLES subcommand.  If
fewer are specified, then the variable names are automatically created.

   The MISSING subcommand determines how user missing values are to be
treated. A setting of EXCLUDE means that variables whose values are
user-missing are to be excluded from the rank scores. A setting of
INCLUDE means they are to be included.  The default is EXCLUDE.


File: pspp.info,  Node: REGRESSION,  Prev: RANK,  Up: Statistics

12.9 REGRESSION
===============

The REGRESSION procedure fits linear models to data via least-squares
estimation. The procedure is appropriate for data which satisfy those
assumptions typical in linear regression:

   * The data set contains n observations of a dependent variable, say
     Y_1,...,Y_n, and n observations of one or more explanatory
     variables. Let X_11, X_12, ..., X_1n denote the n observations of
     the first explanatory variable; X_21,...,X_2n denote the n
     observations of the second explanatory variable; X_k1,...,X_kn
     denote the n observations of the kth explanatory variable.

   * The dependent variable Y has the following relationship to the
     explanatory variables: Y_i = b_0 + b_1 X_1i + ... + b_k X_ki + Z_i
     where b_0, b_1, ..., b_k are unknown coefficients, and Z_1,...,Z_n
     are independent, normally distributed "noise" terms with mean zero
     and common variance. The noise, or "error" terms are unobserved.
     This relationship is called the "linear model."

   The REGRESSION procedure estimates the coefficients b_0,...,b_k and
produces output relevant to inferences for the linear model.

* Menu:

* Syntax::                      Syntax definition.
* Examples::                    Using the REGRESSION procedure.


File: pspp.info,  Node: Syntax,  Next: Examples,  Up: REGRESSION

12.9.1 Syntax
-------------

     REGRESSION
             /VARIABLES=var_list
             /DEPENDENT=var_list
             /STATISTICS={ALL, DEFAULTS, R, COEFF, ANOVA, BCOV}
             /SAVE={PRED, RESID}

   The REGRESSION procedure reads the active file and outputs
statistics relevant to the linear model specified by the user.

   The VARIABLES subcommand, which is required, specifies the list of
variables to be analyzed.  Keyword VARIABLES is required. The DEPENDENT
subcommand specifies the dependent variable of the linear model. The
DEPENDENT subcommand is required. All variables listed in the VARIABLES
subcommand, but not listed in the DEPENDENT subcommand, are treated as
explanatory variables in the linear model.

   All other subcommands are optional:

   The STATISTICS subcommand specifies the statistics to be displayed:

`ALL'
     All of the statistics below.

`R'
     The ratio of the sums of squares due to the model to the total
     sums of squares for the dependent variable.

`COEFF'
     A table containing the estimated model coefficients and their
     standard errors.

`ANOVA'
     Analysis of variance table for the model.

`BCOV'
     The covariance matrix for the estimated model coefficients.

   The SAVE subcommand causes PSPP to save the residuals or predicted
values from the fitted model to the active file. PSPP will store the
residuals in a variable called RES1 if no such variable exists, RES2 if
RES1 already exists, RES3 if RES1 and RES2 already exist, etc. It will
choose the name of the variable for the predicted values similarly, but
with PRED as a prefix.


File: pspp.info,  Node: Examples,  Prev: Syntax,  Up: REGRESSION

12.9.2 Examples
---------------

The following PSPP syntax will generate the default output and save the
predicted values and residuals to the active file.

     title 'Demonstrate REGRESSION procedure'.
     data list / v0 1-2 (A) v1 v2 3-22 (10).
     begin data.
     b  7.735648 -23.97588
     b  6.142625 -19.63854
     a  7.651430 -25.26557
     c  6.125125 -16.57090
     a  8.245789 -25.80001
     c  6.031540 -17.56743
     a  9.832291 -28.35977
     c  5.343832 -16.79548
     a  8.838262 -29.25689
     b  6.200189 -18.58219
     end data.
     list.
     regression /variables=v0 v1 v2 /statistics defaults /dependent=v2
                /save pred resid /method=enter.



File: pspp.info,  Node: Utilities,  Next: Not Implemented,  Prev: Statistics,  Up: Top

13 Utilities
************

Commands that don't fit any other category are placed here.

   Most of these commands are not affected by commands like IF and LOOP:
they take effect only once, unconditionally, at the time that they are
encountered in the input.

* Menu:

* ADD DOCUMENT::                Add documentary text to the active file.
* CD::                          Change the current directory.
* COMMENT::                     Document your syntax file.
* DOCUMENT::                    Document the active file.
* DISPLAY DOCUMENTS::           Display active file documents.
* DISPLAY FILE LABEL::          Display the active file label.
* DROP DOCUMENTS::              Remove documents from the active file.
* ECHO::                        Write a string to the output stream.
* ERASE::                       Erase a file.
* EXECUTE::                     Execute pending transformations.
* FILE LABEL::                  Set the active file's label.
* FINISH::                      Terminate the PSPP session.
* HOST::                        Temporarily return to the operating system.
* INCLUDE::                     Include a file within the current one.
* INSERT::                      Insert a file within the current one.
* PERMISSIONS::                 Change permissions on a file.
* SET::                         Adjust PSPP runtime parameters.
* SHOW::                        Display runtime parameters.
* SUBTITLE::                    Provide a document subtitle.
* TITLE::                       Provide a document title.


File: pspp.info,  Node: ADD DOCUMENT,  Next: CD,  Up: Utilities

13.1 ADD DOCUMENT
=================

     ADD DOCUMENT
         'line one' 'line two' ... 'last line' .

   ADD DOCUMENT adds one or more lines of descriptive commentary to the
active file.  Documents added in this way are saved to system files.
They can be viewed using SYSFILE INFO or DISPLAY DOCUMENTS.  They can
be removed from the active file with DROP DOCUMENTS.

   Each line of documentary text must be enclosed in quotation marks,
and may not be more than 80 bytes long. *Note DOCUMENT::.


File: pspp.info,  Node: CD,  Next: COMMENT,  Prev: ADD DOCUMENT,  Up: Utilities

13.2 CD
=======

     CD 'new directory' .

   CD changes the current directory.  The new directory will become
that specified by the command.


File: pspp.info,  Node: COMMENT,  Next: DOCUMENT,  Prev: CD,  Up: Utilities

13.3 COMMENT
============

     Two possibles syntaxes:
             COMMENT comment text ... .
             *comment text ... .

   COMMENT is ignored.  It is used to provide information to the author
and other readers of the PSPP syntax file.

   COMMENT can extend over any number of lines.  Don't forget to
terminate it with a dot or a blank line.


File: pspp.info,  Node: DOCUMENT,  Next: DISPLAY DOCUMENTS,  Prev: COMMENT,  Up: Utilities

13.4 DOCUMENT
=============

     DOCUMENT DOCUMENTARY_TEXT.

   DOCUMENT adds one or more lines of descriptive commentary to the
active file.  Documents added in this way are saved to system files.
They can be viewed using SYSFILE INFO or DISPLAY DOCUMENTS.  They can
be removed from the active file with DROP DOCUMENTS.

   Specify the DOCUMENTARY TEXT following the DOCUMENT keyword.  It is
interpreted literally -- any quotes or other punctuation marks will be
included in the file.  You can extend the documentary text over as many
lines as necessary.  Lines are truncated at 80 bytes.  Don't forget to
terminate the command with a dot or a blank line. *Note ADD DOCUMENT::.


File: pspp.info,  Node: DISPLAY DOCUMENTS,  Next: DISPLAY FILE LABEL,  Prev: DOCUMENT,  Up: Utilities

13.5 DISPLAY DOCUMENTS
======================

     DISPLAY DOCUMENTS.

   DISPLAY DOCUMENTS displays the documents in the active file.  Each
document is preceded by a line giving the time and date that it was
added.  *Note DOCUMENT::.


File: pspp.info,  Node: DISPLAY FILE LABEL,  Next: DROP DOCUMENTS,  Prev: DISPLAY DOCUMENTS,  Up: Utilities

13.6 DISPLAY FILE LABEL
=======================

     DISPLAY FILE LABEL.

   DISPLAY FILE LABEL displays the file label contained in the active
file, if any.  *Note FILE LABEL::.

   This command is a PSPP extension.


File: pspp.info,  Node: DROP DOCUMENTS,  Next: ECHO,  Prev: DISPLAY FILE LABEL,  Up: Utilities

13.7 DROP DOCUMENTS
===================

     DROP DOCUMENTS.

   DROP DOCUMENTS removes all documents from the active file.  New
documents can be added with DOCUMENT (*note DOCUMENT::).

   DROP DOCUMENTS changes only the active file.  It does not modify any
system files stored on disk.


File: pspp.info,  Node: ECHO,  Next: ERASE,  Prev: DROP DOCUMENTS,  Up: Utilities

13.8 ECHO
=========

     ECHO 'arbitrary text' .

   Use ECHO to write arbitrary text to the output stream. The text
should be enclosed in quotation marks following the normal rules for
string tokens (*note Tokens::).


File: pspp.info,  Node: ERASE,  Next: EXECUTE,  Prev: ECHO,  Up: Utilities

13.9 ERASE
==========

     ERASE FILE file_name.

   ERASE FILE deletes a file from the local filesystem.  file_name must
be quoted.  This command cannot be used if the SAFER setting is active.


File: pspp.info,  Node: EXECUTE,  Next: FILE LABEL,  Prev: ERASE,  Up: Utilities

13.10 EXECUTE
=============

     EXECUTE.

   EXECUTE causes the active file to be read and all pending
transformations to be executed.


File: pspp.info,  Node: FILE LABEL,  Next: FINISH,  Prev: EXECUTE,  Up: Utilities

13.11 FILE LABEL
================

     FILE LABEL file_label.

   FILE LABEL provides a title for the active file.  This title will be
saved into system files and portable files that are created during this
PSPP run.

   file_label need not be quoted.  If quotes are included, they become
part of the file label.


File: pspp.info,  Node: FINISH,  Next: HOST,  Prev: FILE LABEL,  Up: Utilities

13.12 FINISH
============

     FINISH.

   FINISH terminates the current PSPP session and returns control to
the operating system.


File: pspp.info,  Node: HOST,  Next: INCLUDE,  Prev: FINISH,  Up: Utilities

13.13 HOST
==========

     HOST.

   HOST suspends the current PSPP session and temporarily returns
control to the operating system.  This command cannot be used if the
SAFER setting is active.


File: pspp.info,  Node: INCLUDE,  Next: INSERT,  Prev: HOST,  Up: Utilities

13.14 INCLUDE
=============

             INCLUDE [FILE=]'file-name'.

   INCLUDE causes the PSPP command processor to read an additional
command file as if it were included bodily in the current command file.
If errors are encountered in the included file, then command processing
will stop and no more commands will be processed.  Include files may be
nested to any depth, up to the limit of available memory.

   The INSERT command (*note INSERT::) may be used instead of INCLUDE
if you require more flexible options.  The syntax
     INCLUDE FILE=FILE-NAME.
   functions identically to
     INSERT FILE=FILE-NAME ERROR=STOP CD=NO SYNTAX=BATCH.


File: pspp.info,  Node: INSERT,  Next: PERMISSIONS,  Prev: INCLUDE,  Up: Utilities

13.15 INSERT
============

          INSERT [FILE=]'file-name'
             [CD={NO,YES}]
             [ERROR={CONTINUE,STOP}]
             [SYNTAX={BATCH,INTERACTIVE}].

   INSERT is similar to INCLUDE (*note INCLUDE::) but somewhat more
flexible.  It causes the command processor to read a file as if it were
embedded in the current command file.

   If `CD=YES' is specified, then before including the file, the
current directory  will be changed to the directory of the included
file.  The default setting is `CD=NO'.  Note that this directory will
remain current until it is changed explicitly (with the CD command, or
a subsequent INSERT command with the `CD=YES' option).  It will not
revert to its original setting even after the included file is finished
processing.

   If `ERROR=STOP' is specified, errors encountered in the inserted
file will cause processing to immediately cease.  Otherwise processing
will continue at the next command.  The default setting is
`ERROR=CONTINUE'.

   If `SYNTAX=INTERACTIVE' is specified then the syntax contained in
the included file must conform to interactive syntax conventions. *Note
Syntax Variants::.  The default setting is `SYNTAX=BATCH'.


File: pspp.info,  Node: PERMISSIONS,  Next: SET,  Prev: INSERT,  Up: Utilities

13.16 PERMISSIONS
=================

     PERMISSIONS
             FILE='file-name'
             /PERMISSIONS = {READONLY,WRITEABLE}.

   PERMISSIONS changes the permissions of a file.  There is one
mandatory subcommand which specifies the permissions to which the file
should be changed.  If you set a file's  permission  to READONLY, then
the file will become unwritable either by you or anyone else on the
system.  If you set the permission to WRITEABLE, then the file will
become writeable by you; the permissions afforded to others will be
unchanged.  This command cannot be used if the SAFER setting is active.


File: pspp.info,  Node: SET,  Next: SHOW,  Prev: PERMISSIONS,  Up: Utilities

13.17 SET
=========

     SET

     (data input)
             /BLANKS={SYSMIS,'.',number}
             /DECIMAL={DOT,COMMA}
             /FORMAT=fmt_spec
             /EPOCH={AUTOMATIC,year}
             /RIB={NATIVE,MSBFIRST,LSBFIRST,VAX}
             /RRB={NATIVE,ISL,ISB,IDL,IDB,VF,VD,VG,ZS,ZL}

     (program input)
             /ENDCMD='.'
             /NULLINE={ON,OFF}

     (interaction)
             /CPROMPT='cprompt_string'
             /DPROMPT='dprompt_string'
             /ERRORBREAK={OFF,ON}
             /MXERRS=max_errs
             /MXWARNS=max_warnings
             /PROMPT='prompt'
             /WORKSPACE=workspace_size

     (program execution)
             /MEXPAND={ON,OFF}
             /MITERATE=max_iterations
             /MNEST=max_nest
             /MPRINT={ON,OFF}
             /MXLOOPS=max_loops
             /SEED={RANDOM,seed_value}
             /UNDEFINED={WARN,NOWARN}

     (data output)
             /CC{A,B,C,D,E}={'npre,pre,suf,nsuf','npre.pre.suf.nsuf'}
             /DECIMAL={DOT,COMMA}
             /FORMAT=fmt_spec
             /WIB={NATIVE,MSBFIRST,LSBFIRST,VAX}
             /WRB={NATIVE,ISL,ISB,IDL,IDB,VF,VD,VG,ZS,ZL}

     (output routing)
             /ECHO={ON,OFF}
             /ERRORS={ON,OFF,TERMINAL,LISTING,BOTH,NONE}
             /INCLUDE={ON,OFF}
             /MESSAGES={ON,OFF,TERMINAL,LISTING,BOTH,NONE}
             /PRINTBACK={ON,OFF}
             /RESULTS={ON,OFF,TERMINAL,LISTING,BOTH,NONE}

     (output driver options)
             /HEADERS={NO,YES,BLANK}
             /LENGTH={NONE,length_in_lines}
             /LISTING={ON,OFF,'file-name'}
             /MORE={ON,OFF}
             /WIDTH={NARROW,WIDTH,n_characters}

     (logging)
             /JOURNAL={ON,OFF} ['file-name']

     (system files)
             /COMPRESSION={ON,OFF}
             /SCOMPRESSION={ON,OFF}

     (security)
             /SAFER=ON

     (obsolete settings accepted for compatibility, but ignored)
             /BOXSTRING={'xxx','xxxxxxxxxxx'}
             /CASE={UPPER,UPLOW}
             /CPI=cpi_value
             /DISK={ON,OFF}
             /HIGHRES={ON,OFF}
             /HISTOGRAM='c'
             /LOWRES={AUTO,ON,OFF}
             /LPI=lpi_value
             /MENUS={STANDARD,EXTENDED}
             /MXMEMORY=max_memory
             /SCRIPTTAB='c'
             /TB1={'xxx','xxxxxxxxxxx'}
             /TBFONTS='string'
             /XSORT={YES,NO}

   SET allows the user to adjust several parameters relating to PSPP's
execution.  Since there are many subcommands to this command, its
subcommands will be examined in groups.

   On subcommands that take boolean values, ON and YES are synonym, and
as are OFF and NO, when used as subcommand values.

   The data input subcommands affect the way that data is read from data
files.  The data input subcommands are

BLANKS
     This is the value assigned to an item data item that is empty or
     contains only white space.  An argument of SYSMIS or '.' will
     cause the system-missing value to be assigned to null items.  This
     is the default.  Any real value may be assigned.

DECIMAL
     The default DOT setting causes the decimal point character to be
     `.' and the grouping character to be `,'.  A setting of COMMA
     causes the decimal point character to be `,' and the grouping
     character to be `.'.

FORMAT
     Allows the default numeric input/output format to be specified.
     The default is F8.2.  *Note Input and Output Formats::.

EPOCH
     Specifies the range of years used when a 2-digit year is read from
     a data file or used in a date construction expression (*note Date
     Construction::).  If a 4-digit year is specified for the epoch,
     then 2-digit years are interpreted starting from that year, known
     as the epoch.  If AUTOMATIC (the default) is specified, then the
     epoch begins 69 years before the current date.

RIB
     PSPP extension to set the byte ordering (endianness) used for
     reading data in IB or PIB format (*note Binary and Hexadecimal
     Numeric Formats::).  In MSBFIRST ordering, the most-significant
     byte appears at the left end of a IB or PIB field.  In LSBFIRST
     ordering, the least-significant byte appears at the left end.  VAX
     ordering is like MSBFIRST, except that each pair of bytes is in
     reverse order.  NATIVE, the default, is equivalent to MSBFIRST or
     LSBFIRST depending on the native format of the machine running
     PSPP.

RRB
     PSPP extension to set the floating-point format used for reading
     data in RB format (*note Binary and Hexadecimal Numeric
     Formats::).  The possibilities are:

    NATIVE
          The native format of the machine running PSPP.  Equivalent to
          either IDL or IDB.

    ISL
          32-bit IEEE 754 single-precision floating point, in
          little-endian byte order.

    ISB
          32-bit IEEE 754 single-precision floating point, in
          big-endian byte order.

    IDL
          64-bit IEEE 754 double-precision floating point, in
          little-endian byte order.

    IDB
          64-bit IEEE 754 double-precision floating point, in
          big-endian byte order.

    VF
          32-bit VAX F format, in VAX-endian byte order.

    VD
          64-bit VAX D format, in VAX-endian byte order.

    VG
          64-bit VAX G format, in VAX-endian byte order.

    ZS
          32-bit IBM Z architecture short format hexadecimal floating
          point, in big-endian byte order.

    ZL
          64-bit IBM Z architecture long format hexadecimal floating
          point, in big-endian byte order.

          Z architecture also supports IEEE 754 floating point.  The ZS
          and ZL formats are only for use with very old input files.
     The default is NATIVE.

   Program input subcommands affect the way that programs are parsed
when they are typed interactively or run from a command file.  They are

ENDCMD
     This is a single character indicating the end of a command.  The
     default is `.'.  Don't change this.

NULLINE
     Whether a blank line is interpreted as ending the current command.
     The default is ON.

   Interaction subcommands affect the way that PSPP interacts with an
online user.  The interaction subcommands are

CPROMPT
     The command continuation prompt.  The default is `    > '.

DPROMPT
     Prompt used when expecting data input within BEGIN DATA (*note
     BEGIN DATA::).  The default is `data> '.

ERRORBREAK
     Whether an error causes PSPP to stop processing the current command
     file after finishing the current command.  The default is OFF.

MXERRS
     The maximum number of errors before PSPP halts processing of the
     current command file.  The default is 50.

MXWARNS
     The maximum number of warnings + errors before PSPP halts
     processing the current command file.  The default is 100.

PROMPT
     The command prompt.  The default is `PSPP> '.

   Program execution subcommands control the way that PSPP commands
execute.  The program execution subcommands are

MEXPAND
MITERATE
MNEST
MPRINT
     Currently not used.

MXLOOPS
     The maximum number of iterations for an uncontrolled loop (*note
     LOOP::).

SEED
     The initial pseudo-random number seed.  Set to a real number or to
     RANDOM, which will obtain an initial seed from the current time of
     day.

UNDEFINED
     Currently not used.

WORKSPACE
     The maximum amount of memory that PSPP will use to store data
     being processed.  If memory in excess of the workspace size is
     required, then PSPP will start to use temporary files to store the
     data.  Setting a higher value will, in general, mean procedures
     will run faster, but may cause other applications to run slower.
     On platforms without virtual memory management, setting a very
     large workspace may cause PSPP to abort.  

   Data output subcommands affect the format of output data.  These
subcommands are

CCA
CCB
CCC
CCD
CCE
     Set up custom currency formats.  *Note Custom Currency Formats::,
     for details.

DECIMAL
     The default DOT setting causes the decimal point character to be
     `.'.  A setting of COMMA causes the decimal point character to be
     `,'.

FORMAT
     Allows the default numeric input/output format to be specified.
     The default is F8.2.  *Note Input and Output Formats::.

WIB
     PSPP extension to set the byte ordering (endianness) used for
     writing data in IB or PIB format (*note Binary and Hexadecimal
     Numeric Formats::).  In MSBFIRST ordering, the most-significant
     byte appears at the left end of a IB or PIB field.  In LSBFIRST
     ordering, the least-significant byte appears at the left end.  VAX
     ordering is like MSBFIRST, except that each pair of bytes is in
     reverse order.  NATIVE, the default, is equivalent to MSBFIRST or
     LSBFIRST depending on the native format of the machine running
     PSPP.

WRB
     PSPP extension to set the floating-point format used for writing
     data in RB format (*note Binary and Hexadecimal Numeric
     Formats::).  The choices are the same as SET RIB.  The default is
     NATIVE.

   Output routing subcommands affect where the output of transformations
and procedures is sent.  These subcommands are

ECHO
     If turned on, commands are written to the listing file as they are
     read from command files.  The default is OFF.

ERRORS
INCLUDE
MESSAGES

PRINTBACK

RESULTS
     Currently not used.

   Output driver option subcommands affect output drivers' settings.
These subcommands are

HEADERS
LENGTH
LISTING
MORE
PAGER
WIDTH

   Logging subcommands affect logging of commands executed to external
files.  These subcommands are

JOURNAL
LOG
     These subcommands, which are synonyms, control the journal.  The
     default is ON, which causes commands entered interactively to be
     written to the journal file.  Commands included from syntax files
     that are included interactively and error messages printed by PSPP
     are also written to the journal file, prefixed by `>'.  OFF
     disables use of the journal.

     The journal is named `pspp.jnl' by default.  A different name may
     be specified.

   System file subcommands affect the default format of system files
produced by PSPP.  These subcommands are

COMPRESSION
     Not currently used.

SCOMPRESSION
     Whether system files created by SAVE or XSAVE are compressed by
     default.  The default is ON.

   Security subcommands affect the operations that commands are allowed
to perform.  The security subcommands are

SAFER
     Setting this option disables the following operations:

        * The ERASE command.

        * The HOST command.

        * The PERMISSIONS command.

        * Pipes (file names beginning or ending with `|').

     Be aware that this setting does not guarantee safety (commands can
     still overwrite files, for instance) but it is an improvement.
     When set, this setting cannot be reset during the same session, for
     obvious security reasons.


File: pspp.info,  Node: SHOW,  Next: SUBTITLE,  Prev: SET,  Up: Utilities

13.18 SHOW
==========

     SHOW
             [ALL]
             [BLANKS]
             [CC]
             [CCA]
             [CCB]
             [CCC]
             [CCD]
             [CCE]
             [COPYING]
             [DECIMALS]
             [ENDCMD]
             [FORMAT]
             [LENGTH]
             [MXERRS]
             [MXLOOPS]
             [MXWARNS]
             [SCOMPRESSION]
             [UNDEFINED]
             [WARRANTY]
             [WEIGHT]
             [WIDTH]

   SHOW can be used to display the current state of PSPP's execution
parameters.  Parameters that can be changed using SET (*note SET::),
can be examined using SHOW using the subcommand with the same name.
`SHOW' supports the following additional subcommands:

`ALL'
     Show all settings.

`CC'
     Show all custom currency settings (CCA through CCE).

`WARRANTY'
     Show details of the lack of warranty for PSPP.

`COPYING'
     Display the terms of PSPP's copyright licence (*note License::).

   Specifying SHOW without any subcommands is equivalent to SHOW ALL.


File: pspp.info,  Node: SUBTITLE,  Next: TITLE,  Prev: SHOW,  Up: Utilities

13.19 SUBTITLE
==============

     SUBTITLE 'subtitle_string'.
       or
     SUBTITLE subtitle_string.

   SUBTITLE provides a subtitle to a particular PSPP run.  This
subtitle appears at the top of each output page below the title, if
headers are enabled on the output device.

   Specify a subtitle as a string in quotes.  The alternate syntax that
did not require quotes is now obsolete.  If it is used then the
subtitle is converted to all uppercase.


File: pspp.info,  Node: TITLE,  Prev: SUBTITLE,  Up: Utilities

13.20 TITLE
===========

     TITLE 'title_string'.
       or
     TITLE title_string.

   TITLE provides a title to a particular PSPP run.  This title appears
at the top of each output page, if headers are enabled on the output
device.

   Specify a title as a string in quotes.  The alternate syntax that did
not require quotes is now obsolete.  If it is used then the title is
converted to all uppercase.

