SPSS® 12.0 Command Syntax Reference

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Week and year wkWKyyyy WKYR WKYRw
Date and time dd-mmm-yyyy hh:mm:ss.ss DATETIME DATETIMEw.d
Time hh:mm:ss.ss TIME TIMEw.d
Days and time ddd hh:mm:ss.ss DTIME DTIMEw.d
Day of the week string WKDAY WKDAYw
Month string MONTH MONTHw
DATA LIST 413
DATA LIST /ID 1-3 SEX 5 (A) AGE 7-8 OPINION1 TO OPINION5 10-14.
DATA LIST defines a raw data file (a raw data file contains numbers and other alphanumeric
characters) by assigning names and formats to each variable in the file. Raw data can be
inline (entered with your commands between BEGIN DATA and END DATA) or stored in an
external file. They can be in fixed format (values for the same variable are always entered in
the same location on the same record for each case) or in freefield format (values for consecutive
variables are not in particular columns but are entered one after the other, separated by
blanks or commas).
For information on defining matrix materials, see MATRIX DATA. For information on
defining complex data files that cannot be defined with DATA LIST, see FILE TYPE and
REPEATING DATA. For information on reading SPSS-format data files and SPSS-format
portable files, see GET and IMPORT.
The program can also read data files created by other software applications. Commands
that read these files include GET CAPTURE and GET TRANSLATE.
Data Source. You can use inline data or data from an external file.
Data Formats. You can define numeric (with or without decimal places) and string variables
using an array of input formats (percent, dollar, date and time, and so forth). You can also
specify column binary and unaligned positive integer binary formats (available only if used
with the MODE=MULTIPUNCH setting on the FILE HANDLE command). For a complete list of
available formats, see “Variable Formats” on p. 25.
Data Organization. You can define data that are in fixed format (values in the same location
on the same record for each case), in freefield format with multiple cases per record, or in
freefield format with one case on each record using the FIXED, FREE, and LIST keywords.
Multiple Records. For fixed-format data, you can indicate the number of records per case on
the RECORDS subcommand. You can specify which records to read in the variable definition
portion of DATA LIST.
Summary Table. For fixed-format data, you can display a table that summarizes the variable
definitions using the TABLE subcommand. You can suppress this table using NOTABLE.