.LM0;.RM75;.LC;.AP;.FLAG CAPITAL;.NO PAGING;.NO NUMBER;# .BR;^MULTIPLE ^LINEAR ^REGRESSION ^ANALYSIS .SK;^^THE USER PROGRAM\\ ^IN A USER PROGRAM SEVERAL JOBS CAN BE SUBMITTED TO THE PROGRAM. ^EACH JOB IS SEPARATED FROM ITS PRECEDING ONE BY THE KEYWORD "^RUN", WHILE THE ENTIRE USER PROGRAM IS TERMINATED WITH THE KEYWORD "^EXIT". ^IN THE FIRST JOB, THE MODEL, INPUT AND DATA SPECIFICATION MUST BE GIVEN IN SOME ORDER. ^THE OPTION SPECIFICATION IS, OF COURSE, OPTIONAL. ^IN EACH FOLLOWING JOB A SPECIFICATION WHICH IS NOT CHANGED MAY BE OMITTED, THE PROGRAM THEN RETAINS THE LAST GIVEN SPECIFICATION. ^IF OPTIONS HAVE BEEN SPECIFIED IN A PREVIOUS JOB AND ONE WANTS TO DELETE THEM, THIS IS DONE BY PROVIDING A NEW OPTION SPECIFICATION WHICH MAY BE EMPTY IF NO OPTIONS ARE TO BE EXECUTED (THAT IS BY ONLY PROVIDING: "^OPTIONS";). ^IN FRONT OF EACH JOB OR IN FRONT OF THE KEYWORD "^EXIT" A TEXT MAY BE GIVEN FOR FURTHER IDENTIFICATION OF THE OUTPUT OF A JOB OR OF THE OUTPUT OF THE ENTIRE USER PROGRAM. ^THE USE OF QUOTES IN THAT TEXT SHOULD BE AVOIDED IN VIEW OF CONFUSION WITH THE KEYWORDS. ^THE PROGRAM STARTS READING A (POSSIBLY EMPTY) TEXT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT LINE AFTER THE KEYWORD "^RUN" OF THE PREVIOUS JOB (WITH THE FIRST JOB THE PROGRAM STARTS WITH THE FIRST LINE IN THE INPUTSTREAM). .BR;#