@Fieldname= name for location in person or item label

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@Fieldname= allows for user-defined names for locations with the person or item labels to be specified with the column selection rules.

 

@Fieldname = value

 

Field name:a user-specified name which can include letters and numbers, but not = signs. Field names are converted to capital letters, and must be referenced in full.

 

Value:                a user-specified values which must accord with the column selection rules.

 

Example 1:        The gender of persons is in column 14 of the person label.        A DIF report on gender is wanted.

               @GENDER = 14        ; gender indicator in column 14 of the person label

               DIF = @GENDER        ; DIF classification is by Gender column

               or

               DIF = @gender                ; lower case letters in field names are allowed

               but not

               DIF = @GEN                ; abbreviations of field names are not allowed

               TFILE=*

               30                        ; produce the DIF Table

               *

 

               This can also be done by the pull-down menus

               Specification menu box:        @GENDER = 14

               Output Tables menu:        30. Items: DIF

                       Right-click on DIF selection box: @GENDER

                       Click on OK box

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