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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:23:15 -0500
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- Subject: re: Reordering variables in a SAS dataset
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- Ted Greenstein <TED@SERVER.SASW.NCSU.EDU> wrote:
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- > Is there an easy way to reorder the variables in a SAS dataset (this
- > is under 6.08 for Windows)? I know that I can (a) change the order
- > in which the data are read from the raw data file initially, and (b)
- > write the variables out using a PUT statement, then read them back in
- > the desired order. But isn't there some easier way?
-
- There are several ways. In general, when asking this kind of question it's
- a good idea to tell us why you want to know. There may be another way to
- accomplish the same task.
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