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Date:         Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:05:38 -0500
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From:         Jim Moffitt <james.moffitt@thomson.com>
Subject:      Re: Multiple line syntax comments
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Thanks, Richard.

-----Original Message-----
From: Oliver, Richard [mailto:roliver@spss.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 4:03 PM
To: Moffitt, James (West); SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: RE: Multiple line syntax comments

Indenting the continuation lines should work -- but make sure that only
the last line ends with a period. A period as the last non-blank
character in a line is interpreted as the command terminator.

This should work:
*This is a comment with two sentences. The second
   sentence continues on the second line.

This will generate an error:
*This is a comment with two sentences.
   The second sentence continues on the second line.

-----Original Message-----
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
Jim Moffitt
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 3:34 PM
To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Multiple line syntax comments

Sorry about the simple question, but I can't find an answer in any of my
SPSS books.

If I want to extend a comment in a syntax window to multiple lines must
I each new line with an asterisk?

I've tried beginning the first line with an asterisk and indenting the
subsequent lines, but I get error messages.