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[Pspp-cvs] Changes to pspp/doc/transformation.texi


From: Ben Pfaff
Subject: [Pspp-cvs] Changes to pspp/doc/transformation.texi
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 16:05:11 -0500

Index: pspp/doc/transformation.texi
diff -u pspp/doc/transformation.texi:1.7 pspp/doc/transformation.texi:1.8
--- pspp/doc/transformation.texi:1.7    Tue Mar 15 06:04:10 2005
+++ pspp/doc/transformation.texi        Sat Mar 19 21:05:10 2005
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@
 @item FIRST(var_name)
 First non-missing value in break group.  The aggregation variable
 receives the complete dictionary information from the source variable.
+The sort performed by AGGREGATE (and by SORT CASES) is stable, so that
+the first case with particular values for the break variables before
+sorting will also be the first case in that break group after sorting.
 
 @item FOUT(var_name, low, high)
 Fraction of values strictly outside the specified range of constants.
@@ -111,6 +114,9 @@
 @item LAST(var_name)
 Last non-missing value in break group.  The aggregation variable
 receives the complete dictionary information from the source variable.
+The sort performed by AGGREGATE (and by SORT CASES) is stable, so that
+the last case with particular values for the break variables before
+sorting will also be the last case in that break group after sorting.
 
 @item MAX(var_name)
 Maximum value.  The aggregation variable receives the complete




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