BlockBegin statement

 BlockBegin

Type conventions and statement syntax are explained in the Glossary.

Indicates the beginning of a block of statements used to build a block of case variables. The statement does not have parameters.

Note that...

Each block must end with a BlockEnd statement. Before building a block of variables, a block of trial ranges must be defined using a BlockDef statement and a set of BlockAdd statements. The following statements may be placed between BlockBegin and BlockEnd: Window, Memory, Collapse, Extract, Tabulate.

Additional information...

• Managing custom variable definition files provides general information on the management of custom variable definition files.
• The Flowchart of advanced data analysis gives a synopsis of data and variable types.
• How to create case variables covers the basics of case variable creation.
• How to define variable blocks explains how to define case variables more efficiently by grouping them into variable blocks.
• There is a topic describing how to build a custom variable definition file.
• There is a list of all available variable definition statements.
• See Analyze Case Document command for basic information on that command.
• Inside case documents provides advanced information on case documents.