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.)