FORMAT subcommand (FREQUENCIES command)
FORMAT
controls
various features of the output, including order of categories and
suppression of tables.
- The minimum specification is a single keyword.
- By default,
FREQUENCIES
displays the Frequency table and sort categories in ascending order of values for numeric variables and in alphabetical order for string variables.
Table order
AVALUE. Sort categories in ascending order of values (numeric variables) or in alphabetical order (string variables). This is the default.
DVALUE. Sort categories
in descending order of values (numeric variables) or in reverse alphabetical
order (string variables). This is ignored when HISTOGRAM
, NTILES
, or PERCENTILES
is requested.
AFREQ. Sort categories
in ascending order of frequency. This is ignored when
HISTOGRAM
, NTILES
, or PERCENTILES
is requested.
DFREQ. Sort categories
in descending order of frequency. This is ignored when HISTOGRAM
, NTILES
, or PERCENTILES
is requested.
Table suppression
LIMIT(n). Suppress frequency tables with more than n categories. The number of missing and valid cases and requested statistics are displayed for suppressed tables.
NOTABLE. Suppress all
frequency tables. The number of missing and valid cases
are displayed for suppressed tables. NOTABLE
overrides LIMIT
.