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Date:         Wed, 12 Jul 2006 12:09:18 -0400
Reply-To:     Richard Ristow <wrristow@mindspring.com>
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From:         Richard Ristow <wrristow@mindspring.com>
Subject:      Re: Multiple line syntax comments
Comments: To: Statisticsdoc <statisticsdoc@cox.net>
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At 09:30 AM 7/12/2006, Statisticsdoc wrote:

>Richard's point about using an asterisk to start each line of a
>comment is sound advice.  I would also suggest leaving a blank line
>after the comment in case the ending period is omitted.  For example,
>the recode statement in the following example will take effect:
>
>*  OOPS I forgot the period before an important recode statement
>
>RECODE THISVAR (1 2 = 9) .
>
>In the following example, SPSS reads the recode statement as a part
>of the comment, and does not execute it.
>
>*  OOPS I forgot the period before an important recode statement
>RECODE THISVAR (1 2 = 9) .

Yeah. Confession: I think I'm nigh as careful a coder as we've got; and