Data file comments
You can include descriptive comments with a data file. For IBM® SPSS® Statistics data files, these comments are saved with the data file.
To add, modify, delete, or display data file comments
- From the menus choose:
- To display the comments in the Viewer, select Display comments in output.
Comments can be any length but are limited to 80 bytes (typically 80 characters in single-byte languages) per line; lines will automatically wrap at 80 characters. Comments are displayed in the same font as text output to accurately reflect how they will appear when displayed in the Viewer. (See Viewer Options for information on changing the text output font.)
A date stamp (the current date in parentheses) is automatically appended to the end of the list of comments whenever you add or modify comments. This may lead to some ambiguity concerning the dates associated with comments if you modify an existing comment or insert a new comment between existing comments.