SPSS® 12.0 Command Syntax Reference

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Table A.1 Commands and program states (Continued)
Restricted transformations
FILTER ** ** — TRANS
REFORMAT ** ** — TRANS
SAMPLE ** ** — TRANS
SELECT IF ** ** — TRANS
TEMPORARY
Procedures
** ** — TRANS
BEGIN DATA ** ** PROC —
EXECUTE ** ** PROC —
EXPORT ** ** PROC —
GRAPH ** ** PROC —
LIST ** ** PROC —
SAVE ** ** PROC —
SAVE TRANSLATE ** ** PROC —
SORT CASES ** ** PROC —
other procedures ** ** PROC —
Unrestricted Utility Commands
Most utility commands can appear in any state. Table A.1 shows this by the absence of
asterisks in the columns.
The dashed lines indicate that after a utility command is processed, the program
remains in the same state it was in before the command execution. INIT, TRANS, or
PROC indicates that the command moves the program to that state. For example, if the
program is in the procedure state, N OF CASES moves the program to the transformation
state. The FINISH command terminates command processing wherever it appears. Any
commands appearing after FINISH will not be read and therefore will not cause an error.
File Definition Commands
INIT INPUT TRANS PROC
You can use most of the file definition commands in the initial state, the transformation
state, and the procedure state. Most of these commands cause errors if you try to use them
in the input program state. However, DATA LIST and KEYED DATA LIST can be and often
are used in input programs.
After they are used in the initial state, most file definition commands move the
program directly to the transformation state, since these commands are the entire input
program. FILE TYPE and INPUT PROGRAM move the program into the input program
state and require input program commands to complete the input program. Commands
in Table A.1 marked with a dagger (†) clear the working data file.