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## 6 The pspp language

This chapter discusses elements common to many pspp commands. Later chapters will 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.