Mplus Users Guide v6.. - Muthén & Muthén

TITLE, DATA, VARIABLE, And DEFINE Commands3. (3F4.1,t38,5F5)4. (2F4/14F4.2//6F3.1)1. In the first statement, for each record the program reads 20 four-digitnumbers followed by 13 five-digit numbers, then three two-digitnumbers with a total record length of 151.2. In the second statement, for each record the program reads three fourdigitnumbers with one digit to the right of the decimal, skips 25 spaces,and then reads five five-digit numbers with a total record length of 62.3. The third statement is the same as the second but uses the t optioninstead of the x option. In the third statement, for each record theprogram reads three four-digit numbers with one digit to the right of thedecimal, goes to column 38, and then reads five five-digit numbers.4. In the fourth statement, each observation has four records. For recordone the program reads two four-digit numbers; for record two theprogram reads fourteen four-digit numbers with two digits to the right ofthe decimal; record three is skipped; and for record four the programreads six three-digit numbers with one number to the right of the decimalpoint.Following is an example of a data set with six one-digit numbers with nonumbers to the right of the decimal point:123234342765348765The format statement for the data set above is:FORMAT IS 6F1.0;orFORMAT IS 6F1;455