The individual commands are treated in alphabetical order in the following section. The novice would be well-served by reading the treatments of the data , model , newpar , and fit commands, in that order, then the other commands as needed. The write-up for each command includes a brief description of the purpose, an outline of the correct syntax, a more detailed discussion of the command assumptions and purpose, and a series of examples.
Some commands have one or more subcommands that are similarly described following the command.
In the command description, the syntax uses the following conventions.