Operations (DATA LIST command)

  • DATA LIST creates a new active dataset.
  • Variable names are stored in the active dataset dictionary.
  • Formats are stored in the active dataset dictionary and are used to display and write the values. To change output formats of numeric variables defined on DATA LIST, use the FORMATS command.
  • For default numeric (F) format and scientific notation (E) format, the decimal indicator of the input data must match the IBM® SPSS® Statistics locale decimal indicator (period or comma). Use SHOW DECIMAL to display the current decimal indicator and SET DECIMAL to set the decimal indicator. (Comma and Dollar formats only recognize a period as the decimal indicator, and Dot format only recognizes the comma as the decimal indicator.)