CODEBOOK

CODEBOOK is available in Statistics Base Edition.

CODEBOOK reports the dictionary information -- such as variable names, variable labels, value labels, missing values -- and summary statistics for all or specified variables and multiple response sets in the active dataset.

Note: Square brackets used in the CODEBOOK syntax chart are required parts of the syntax and are not used to indicate optional elements. Equals signs (=) used in the syntax chart are required elements. All subcommands are optional.

CODEBOOK variable [level] variable [level] variable [level]...
  
  /VARINFO 
    POSITION LABEL TYPE FORMAT MEASURE ROLE ATTRIBUTES VALUELABELS MISSING
    RESERVEDATTRIBUTES
  
  /FILEINFO NAME LOCATION CASECOUNT LABEL ATTRIBUTES DOCUMENTS WEIGHT
    RESERVEDATTRIBUTES
  
  /STATISTICS NONE COUNT PERCENT MEAN STDDEV QUARTILES   
  
  /OPTIONS MAXCATS=200*
           VARORDER={FILE**         }
                    {ALPHA          }
                    {VARLIST†       }
                    {MEASURE        }
                    {ATTRIBUTE(name)}
               SORT={ASCENDING** }
                    {DESCENDING }

*Default if subcommand or keyword omitted.

**Default if subcommand omitted and there is no variable list.

†Default if subcommand omitted and the command includes a variable list.

• If the VARINFO subcommand is omitted, all variable information except RESERVEDATTRIBUTES is included.
• If the STATISTICS subcommand is omitted, all statistics are included.

Release History

Release 17.0

• Command introduced.

Release 18

• ROLE keyword added to VARINFO subcommand.

Example

CODEBOOK Age Income $MultCars.