Statistical information output to a DAT-format file is edited and stored as shown in Table 14-3.

Table 14-3 Data editing format for DAT-format file

Data format	Storage method
Missing value	Represented as two consecutive double quotation marks ("").
Character data	Enclosed in double quotation marks (").
Numeric data	Stored as is.
Overflow data	4 consecutive asterisks (*)*.
Uneditable data	10 consecutive asterisks (*)*

^* When er1 is specified in the -e option, one asterisk (*) is stored.