Date:         Mon, 6 Sep 2010 20:42:15 +0200
Reply-To:     John F Hall <johnfhall@orange.fr>
Sender:       "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         John F Hall <johnfhall@orange.fr>
Subject:      Re: + at beginning of  syntax line
Comments: To: J McClure <mc006@pacbell.net>
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Jan

If you worked with syntax from the beginning, and didn't try to run before you can even crawl, you would have picked up already that the + indicates a continuation line.  

Like I said, "More haste, less speed."

John
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: J McClure 
  To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU 
  Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 7:26 PM
  Subject: + at beginning of syntax line



  Hi,
  I don't know who to direct this to but I was mystified by the '+' sign
  at the beginning of the line for certain syntax (loops, do if etc) and
  I'd like to suggest that the purpose be added to the Command Syntax
  Reference Guide. I searched the Guide several times (very tedious
  because there are many, many + signs in the document) and gave up after
  awhile. I searched the internet a number of times and found only
  examples but no explanations. I asked my husband who knows a dozen
  computer languages and he didn't know the purpose. I finally did a
  slightly different search and found the answer in an online tutorial at
  http://www.stat-help.com/spss.pdf.
  Thanks for all the help provided on this site! It's been immensely
  valuable.
  Jan

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