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11 Manipulating variables

The variables in the active dataset dictionary are important. There are several utility functions for examining and adjusting them.

• ADD VALUE LABELS
• DELETE VARIABLES
• DISPLAY
• FORMATS
• LEAVE
• MISSING VALUES
• MODIFY VARS
• MRSETS
• NUMERIC
• PRINT FORMATS
• RENAME VARIABLES
• SORT VARIABLES
• VALUE LABELS
• STRING
• VARIABLE ATTRIBUTE
• VARIABLE LABELS
• VARIABLE ALIGNMENT
• VARIABLE WIDTH
• VARIABLE LEVEL
• VARIABLE ROLE
• VECTOR
• WRITE FORMATS