Date:         Tue, 15 Aug 2006 08:58:32 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Christine <jim@JIMCHRISTINE.COM>
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From:         Jim Christine <jim@JIMCHRISTINE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Variable/Column Order in MS Excel Spreadsheet
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On 8/15/06, David Hopkins <dhopkins@email.ers.usda.gov> wrote:
> How can I get the 3 columns to appear in the order that I want in the MS Excel spreadsheet.

The method you're using to create the sheet may provide some
additional insight, but here's a possible answer to your question
about reordering variables:

data original;
   length a b c 3;
   stop;
run;
data reordered;
   length b c a 3;
   set original;
run;