Date:         Thu, 9 May 2002 16:39:34 -0400
Reply-To:     Robert Abelson <rabelson@KAI-RESEARCH.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Robert Abelson <rabelson@KAI-RESEARCH.COM>
Subject:      Re: A quick question: How to rearrange the position of variables
              (columns) in an existing dataset
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Andrew,

You may want to search our archives for this. This question gets asked a
lot.

http://www.listserv.uga.edu/archives/sas-l.html

HTH.

Bob Abelson
KAI
6001 Montrose Rd.
Suite 920
Rockville, MD 20852


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Abelson
> Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 4:38 PM
> To:   'Andrew Yu'
> Subject:      RE: A quick question: How to rearrange the position of
> variables (columns) in an existing dataset
>
> Andrew,
>
> You may want to search our archives for this. This question gets asked a
> lot.
>
> http://www.listserv.uga.edu/archives/sas-l.html
>
> HTH.
>
> Bob Abelson
> KAI
> 6001 Montrose Rd.
> Suite 920
> Rockville, MD 20852
> T: 301-770-2730
> F: 301-770-4183
> rabelson@kai-research.com
>
>
>       -----Original Message-----
>       From:   Andrew Yu [SMTP:andrewyupeng@YAHOO.COM]
>       Sent:   Thursday, May 09, 2002 4:13 PM
>       To:     SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>       Subject:        A quick question: How to rearrange the position of
> variables (columns) in an existing dataset
>
>       Dear SAS programmers,
>
>       Thank you for answer this question in advance.
>
>       It's been bothering me for quite a while, but I still don't know how
>       to solve it. Is there anyway to re-arrange the positions of
> variables
>       (columns) in a dataset? If not possible, can you please tell me a
>       quick way to create a new dataset based on the old one but with the
>       expected relative positions for those variables?
>
>       Thanks,
>
>       Andrew Yu