Perhaps your question is about how to NAME your format?
FORMAT names cannot end in a digit as that would be too confusing because a format reference specifies the length in the using the trailing digits. DATE9. for example. So a format reference of ME2. means to use the format named ME and display using 2 character positions.
Note that the name you use for your FORMAT has nothing to do with the name of the VARIABLE. It desribes the FORMAT itself.
So if you have variables named ME1 and ME2 and they both use the same sets of possible values then you could create a single format named ME or MEF and use it for both variables. If they use different sets of possible vlaues then could create formats named ME1F and ME2F.
