By using symbolic notations |X1|,|X2|,... for variables and a MEDIT_VARS specification of the form MEDIT_VARS=Var1,Var2,... variable-independent setups for FILE MEDIT can be created. Example: Assume that we have created FILE MEDIT pages EX2 in the edit file ED2 and used names |X1| and |X2| for the two variables appearing on pages EX2. Then the setup can be applied to variables Height and Weight in DECA by FILE MEDIT DECA ED2:EX2 / MEDIT_VARS=Height,Weight and to variables Income and Brthrate in FINLAND by FILE MEDIT FINLAND ED2:EX2 / MEDIT_VARS=Income,Brthrate |EXAMPLE| of this feature is presented in special applications of FILE MEDIT (Study of two variables). S = Special applications M = More information on FILE MEDIT