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This chapter discusses elements common to many PSPP commands. Later chapters will describe individual commands in detail.
| • 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. | |
| • Datasets | Data organization. | |
| • Files | Files used by PSPP. | |
| • File Handles | How files are named. | |
| • BNF | How command syntax is described. |