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Directive

is a standard form of instruction in the Genstat language requesting a particular action or analysis. All Genstat directives have the same syntax.

Directive name

is a system word used to request a particular action or analysis from Genstat. Directive names may be abbreviated to four characters; if characters 5-8 are given, they must match the standard form, e.g. TREATMENTSTRUCTURE can be written as TREA, TREAT, TREATM, and so on, but not as TREATS. (Also see procedure.)

Updated on February 25, 2019

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