Can I capture the data element order from a cluster dendogram

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Can I capture the data element order from a cluster dendogram

Tim Graettinger
Hi,

I'd like to capture the ordering of the elements in a dendogram produced by
the CLUSTER procedure.  It comes out in chart form, and I don't seem to see
a way to grab the list of elements with the OMS system.  For instance, in
this chart (sorry to resort to old school line printer style to make this
post, but you get the idea)

AnnualTax        5 -|--|
TotalAssessment  1 -|  |---|
BldgSqFt         4 ----|   |---------|
SalePrice        2 --------|         |
LotSqFt          3 ------------------|


I'd like to pull out the list in order: AnnualTax, TotalAssessment,BldgSqFt,
SalePrice, and LotSqFt.  I find the ordering very useful for (re)-ordering
the rows and columns of a correlation matrix so that the most similar
elements are close together.  Thanks for the help.

-Tim

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