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%.COPYRIGHT  (c)  1990 European Southern Observatory
%.IDENT      cmds_tab.hlq
%.AUTHOR     FM, IPG/ESO
%.KEYWORDS   MIDAS, help files, CMDS/TAB
%.PURPOSE    On-line help file for the command: CMDS/TAB
%.VERSION    1.0  28-AUG-1986 : Creation, FM
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SECTION./TABL
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CMDS/TAB						28-AUG-1986  FM
\oc\su
CMDS/TAB  input_table  output_table  ncols._output_table
	multidimensional scaling
\us\pu
Purpose:   Principal Coordinates Analysis (Gower's),
           Classical (Torgerson's) Multidimensional Scaling.
\up\sy
Syntax:    CMDS/TAB  input_table  output_table  ncols._output_table
\ys\pa
           input_table         = Input table name.
\ap\pa
           output_table        = Output table name.
\ap\pa
           ncols._output_table = Number of columns in output table
                                 (no. of principal coordinates)
                                 Defaults to 3.

\ap\no
Note:      none

\on\exs
Examples:
\ex
           CMDS/TAB INTAB OUTAB
           takes symmetric table of distances in INTAB.
\xe \sxe
