6 The PSPP language

This chapter discusses elements common to many PSPP commands. Later chapters describe individual commands in detail.

• Tokens		Characters combine to form tokens.
• Commands		Tokens combine to form commands.
• Syntax Variants		Batch vs. Interactive mode
• Types of Commands		Commands come in several flavors.
• Order of Commands		Commands combine to form syntax files.
• Missing Observations		Handling missing observations.
• Datasets		Data organization.
• Files		Files used by PSPP .
• File Handles		How files are named.
• BNF		How command syntax is described.