Spacing As noted above, every command must begin in column one. An exception is allowed, however. Options and continuation lines must be indented at least one space. The number of spaces to be indented is a decision made by the user. Spacing within a statement is less rigid.
Spacing decisions are usually a matter of programming style.
Each of the above collections of commands was written for a particular segment of an SPSS program. In the following example, the above segments are combined into a complete SPSS program. References SPSS Reference Guide. SPSS Inc. 1990. SPSS Inc. 1990.