FOOTER Subcommand (PLANCARDS command)

FOOTER specifies a string to be used at the bottom of the output (in listing format) or at the bottom of each profile (in single-profile format).

  • If FOOTER is not used, nothing appears after the last attribute.
  • FOOTER is followed by a string enclosed in apostrophes.
  • Quotation marks can be used to enclose the string instead of apostrophes when you want to use an apostrophe in the footer.
  • Multiple strings per FOOTER subcommand can be specified; each string will appear on a separate line.
  • Use an empty string (' ') to cause a blank line.
  • Multiple FOOTER subcommands can be specified; each subcommand will appear on a separate line.
  • If the special character sequence )CARD is specified anywhere in the footer, PLANCARDS will replace it with the sequential profile number in single-profile-formatted output. This character sequence is not translated in listing format.

Example

PLANCARDS
 TITLE='Profile # )CARD' ' '
   'Circle the number in the scale at the bottom that'
   'indicates how likely you are to purchase this item.' ' '
 /FOOTER= '0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10'
          'Not at all      May or may       Certainly'
          'likely to           not              would'
          'purchase         purchase         purchase'
          '------------------------------------------'
 /FORMAT=CARD
 /OUTFILE='DESIGN.FRM'.

The above example would produce the following output, in DESIGN.FRM, for the first profile:

Figure 1. Footer with multiple strings
Footer with multiple strings