Examples of running the PISA software

This section shows examples of how the PISA package may be used. Most applications have more capabilities than are shown here. Refer to the appendix with the complete descriptions if the sort of task which you want to perform is not shown here.

The examples as shown are intended to be `platform independent'. No items specific to running PISA from the C-shell or ICL are shown. All the application parameters are identical; the main differences are due to special character interpretation. In ICL the continuation character is `~' and in the C-shell `\'. No continuation character is shown in the examples. When using the C-shell double quotes around "" strings will be stripped as will vector braces [], so it is necessary to protect them by using the escape character or by using single quotes around the complete parameter value i.e. use '"a parameter string"' or \"a parameter string\" not "a parameter string", and '[1,2,3,4]' or \[1,2,3,4\] not [1,2,3,4]