MULTIPLESPACES subcommand (GET DATA command)

MULTIPLESPACES controls the treatment of multiple, consecutive blank spaces.

• This subcommand applies only to ARRANGEMENT=DELIMITED.
• This subcommand has no effect unless a blank space is specified as a delimiter on the DELIMITERS subcommand.

IGNORE=NO

Multiple consecutive blank spaces are treated as separate delimiters. Each blank space is treated as a delimiter between values. For numeric variables, the values are set to system-missing. For string variables, the value is empty. This setting is the default.

IGNORE=YES

Multiple consecutive blank spaces are treated as a single delimiter.