* Reading text data.

* Mendota Ice Cover.

* Preview:  data are all numeric, data values delimited by spaces, missing data is ".",
    each observation has two data values.
data list free
 / winter  icedays.
begin data
2000    115           
2001	  21             
2002    89            
2003	  80            
2004    101
2005    95
2006    66
2007   106
2008    97
2009    87
end data.

descriptives variables=icedays.

data list free /* Also works with comma-delimited data*/
 / winter  icedays.
begin data
2005,95
2006,66
2007,106
2008,97
2009,87
end data.  
descriptives variables=icedays.

data list free /* And with more than one observation per line*/
 / winter  icedays.
begin data
2005,95,2006,66
2007,106,2008
97,2009,87
end data.  
descriptives variables=icedays.