Specific variable ordering

[Erwan LE DÛ]

Hi all,

I have an issue with variable ordering. I have a file where the variables
are sorted in alphabetical order and I need them to order them in a specific
manner.
I rearranged them once and tried with the ADD FILES command and the /KEEP
keyword but the vars were not placed in the right columns !

Let's say :

A B C D E F G

and I want the order to be :

B D A C F G E

ADD FILES FILE='testfile.sav'

/FILE= *

/KEEP

B D A C F G E

ALL.

Thanks for your help.
Ker

[Oliver, Richard]

The complete results of ADD FILES are not apparent until you run some command that reads the data, such as a statistical procedure or SAVE or EXECUTE.

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Subject: Specific variable ordering

Hi all,

I have an issue with variable ordering. I have a file where the variables
are sorted in alphabetical order and I need them to order them in a specific
manner.
I rearranged them once and tried with the ADD FILES command and the /KEEP
keyword but the vars were not placed in the right columns !

Let's say :

A B C D E F G

and I want the order to be :

B D A C F G E

ADD FILES FILE='testfile.sav'

/FILE= *

/KEEP

B D A C F G E

ALL.

Thanks for your help.
Ker