SPSS® 12.0 Command Syntax Reference

394 CTABLES
CATEGORIES Subcommand
The CATEGORIES subcommand controls the order of categories in the rows and columns of
the table, the showing and hiding of ordinary and user-missing values, and the computation
of totals and subtotals.
/CATEGORIES VARIABLES= varlist
{ [value, value, value...] }
{ ORDER= {A} KEY= {VALUE } MISSING= {EXCLUDE} }
{D} {LABEL } {INCLUDE}
{summary(varname)}
TOTAL= {NO } LABEL= "label" POSITION= {AFTER } EMPTY= {INCLUDE}
{YES } {BEFORE} {EXCLUDE}
The minimum specification is a variable list and one of the following: a category specification,
TOTAL specification, or EMPTY specification. The variable list can be a list of variables
or the keyword ALL, which refers to all category variables in the table expression. ALL cannot
be used with the explicit category list.
Explicit Category Specification
The explicit category specification is a bracketed list of data values or value ranges in the
order in which they are to be displayed in the table. Values not included in the list are excluded
from the table. This form allows for subtotals and showing or hiding of specific values (both
ordinary and user-missing).
• The list can include both ordinary and user-missing values but not the system-missing
value (.).
• Values are optionally separated by commas.
• String and date values must be quoted. Date values must be consistent with the variable’s
print format.
• The LO, THRU, and HI keywords can be used in the value list to refer to a range of
categories. LO and HI can be used only as part of a range specification.
• The MISSING keyword can be used to refer to all user-missing values.
• The OTHERNM keyword can be used to refer to all nonmissing values not explicitly
named in the list. It can go anywhere within the list. The values to which it refers appear
in ascending order.
• If a value is repeated in the list, the last instance is honored. Thus, for a variable RATING
with integer values 1 through 5, the following specifications are equal:
/CATEGORIES VARIABLES = RATING [1,2,4,5,3]
/CATEGORIES VARIABLES = RATING [1 THRU 5,3]
/CATEGORIES VARIABLES = RATING [OTHERNM,3]
• For a multiple dichotomy set, you can order the variables in the set by using the names of
the variables in the set. The variable names are not enclosed in quotes.