RECORDS

Purpose

Specifies, explicitly, the maximum number of cases to be used for the analyses.

Syntax

RECORDS rmax

Arguments and Subcommands

rmax

Upper limit on the number of records to be used for the analysis. If rmax is greater than 0, records will be read from the input file until either rmax records have been kept or an end-of-file is encountered. If rmax is less than or equal to 0, then data are read until an end-of-file is encountered or the internal workspace is full.

Remarks

By default, data are read from the input file until either an end-of-file is encountered or the internal workspace is full. The size of the internal workspace is printed when the program is started. Once all of the data have been read, the programs adjust the internal storage to allow for the maximum number of variables given the size of the internal workspace. The maximum number of variables is adjusted automatically when stratified models are used in AMFIT, GMBO, or PEANUTS and when there is N:M matching with N>1 in PECAN.

Example

To change the maximum number of records to be used in analysis to 350:

RECORDS 350