You can specify more than one variable or variable list, followed
by a format in parentheses. Only one format can be specified after
each variable list. For clarity, each set of specifications can be
separated by a slash.
You can use keyword TO to refer to consecutive
variables in the active dataset.
The specified width of a format must include enough positions
to accommodate any punctuation characters such as decimal points,
commas, dollar signs, or date and time delimiters. (This differs from
assigning an input format on DATA LIST, where
the program automatically expands the input format to accommodate
punctuation characters in output.)
Custom currency formats (CCw, CCw.d)
must first be defined on the SET command before they
can be used on FORMATS.
For string variables, you can only use FORMATS to
switch between A and AHEX formats.FORMATS cannot
be used to change the length of string variables. To change the length
of a string variable, use ALTER TYPE.