Table titles
Quick reference
To define a table title, type:
ttxtitle_text [<<tab>>][<<pag>>]
Parameters
x
The position of the title. One of:
▪l, r or c for left, right or centered justification
▪a number between 1 and 9 to indent the title by 10 times x spaces
▪g to line the text up with the start of the column headings
▪a or b to switch justification from left to right on alternate pages. tta prints on the left on the first, third, fifth and so on pages, while ttb prints on the left on the second, fourth, sixth and so on pages
title_text
The title you want to print above the table.
<<tab>>
Optional keyword which gives more control over the positioning of the table number. For more information, see
Table numbers.
<<pag>>
Optional keyword which gives more control over the positioning of the page number. For more information, see
Page numbers.
More information
Titles of any sort are created using tt statements at the appropriate place in the program. Their format is:
ttx[Text]
where x determines where on the line the text is to be printed:
Statement | Description |
|---|
ttl | Left justified on the page. |
ttr | Right justified on the page. |
ttc | Centered within the page width. |
ttn | Indented by ten times n spaces; for example, tt3 indents by 30 spaces. |
tta | Left justified on the first, third, fifth pages, and so on, and right justified on the second, fourth, sixth pages, and so on. |
ttb | The reverse of tta; that is right justified on the first, third and fifth pages, and left justified on the second, fourth and sixth pages. |
ttg | Line up text with the first column allocated to the column headings. If you are using the standard row text width of 24 characters, ttg prints the first character of each table title in position 25 of each line. For example: a;flush;pagwid=57
tab age sex;op=12;decp=0;flush
ttgBase: All Respondents
1 age
ttgQ2: Age
val c(110,111);Base;11-20 yrs;21-34 yrs;35-54 yrs;55+ yrs
1 sex
col 109;Base;Male;Female |
The table produced by this program would look like this:
Page 1
Absolutes/total percents
Q2. Age
Base: All Respondents
Base Male Female
Base 605 341 264
56% 44%
11-20 yrs 120 73 47
20% 12% 8%
21-34 yrs 290 161 129
48% 27% 21%
35-54 yrs 146 81 65
24% 13% 11%
55+ yrs 49 26 23
8% 4% 4% |
You can type up to 200 characters on each tt statement. tt statements cannot be continued, but you can group any number of them together to form blocks of text. Text can be in upper or lower case, or both, and should be entered exactly as it is to be printed.
Titles can be made to refer to different levels in the tabulation hierarchy:
▪tts following the a statement define the run title which is printed at the top of each page.
▪tts after a
flt statement refer to a group of tables, for example, a sub-report. For more information on the
flt statement, see
General filter statements.
▪tts following a tab statement are relevant to that table only.
▪tts can also appear in an axis immediately after the l statement. These are printed whenever that axis is used for the rows in a table; they are ignored when the axis is used for the columns in a table.
Here is part of a typical tabulation program:
a;side=20;spechar=-*;dsp;op=12
ttcProduct Awareness Test
tab age sex
ttlBase: All Respondents
tab brand area
ttlQ.5: Which brand did you try first?
ttlBase: All Respondents
When there are titles from more than one level to be printed at the top of the table, you can decide what the printing order should be. The default printing order is:
1 tts following the a statement
2 Table number from tb statement
3 tts following row l statements
4 tts following tab statements
5 tts following flt statements
6 tts following flt= statements
7 tts starting with the word Base
This order can be altered globally or for a group of tables or for an individual table using one of the options
ttord=, ttbeg= or
ttend= on the
a, flt or
tab statement. For more information on these options, see
Output options.
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