pspp 0.5.0

Statistical analysis software
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# File header.
"$FL2"; s60 "$(#) SPSS DATA FILE PSPP synthetic test file";
2; # Layout code
8; # Nominal case size
0; # Not compressed
0; # Not weighted
0; # 0 cases.
100.0; # Bias.
"01 Jan 11"; "20:53:52";
"PSPP synthetic test file: "; i8 244; i8 245; i8 246; i8 248; s34 "";
i8 0 *3;

# One numeric variable.
2; 0; 0; 0; 0x050800 *2; s8 "NUM1";

# Long string variables that will have missing values added with a
# later record.
2; 9; 0; 0; 0x010900 *2; s8 "STR1";
2; -1; 0; 0; 0; 0; s8 "";
2; 10; 0; 0; 0x010a00 *2; s8 "STR2";
2; -1; 0; 0; 0; 0; s8 "";
2; 11; 0; 0; 0x010b00 *2; s8 "STR3";
2; -1; 0; 0; 0; 0; s8 "";
2; 7; 0; 0; 0x010700 *2; s8 "STR4";
2; -1; 0; 0; 0; 0; s8 "";

# Machine integer info record.
7; 3; 4; 8; 1; 2; 3; -1; 1; 1; ENDIAN; 1252;

# Machine floating-point info record.
7; 4; 8; 3; SYSMIS; HIGHEST; LOWEST;

# Long string variable missing values record.
7; 22; 1; COUNT (
# Zero missing values (not allowed) for STR1 .
COUNT("STR1"); i8 >>0<<; 8;

# Four missing values (not allowed) for STR2.
COUNT("STR2"); i8 4; 8;
"abcdefgh"; "ijklmnop"; "qrstuvwx"; "yz012345";

# Missing values for unknown variable
COUNT(>>"Nonexistent"<<); i8 1; 8; "abcdefgh";

# Missing values for numeric variable
COUNT(>>"NUM1"<<); i8 1; 8; "abcdefgh";

# Too long missing value
COUNT("STR3"); i8 1; >>COUNT("abcdefghijkl")<<;

# Buggy way that this was written in old PSPP, with a length
# before each missing value instead of just once.
COUNT("STR3"); i8 2; 8; "ABCDEFGH"; >>8<<; "IJKLMNOP";

# Invalid 8-byte missing value for 7-byte string.
COUNT("STR4"); i8 1; 8; "ABCDEFGH";
);

# Character encoding record.
7; 20; 1; 12; "windows-1252";

# Dictionary termination record.
999; 0;