rearranging variables in the dataset

[Johnny Amora]

Hi everyone,

I have a database (in spss format of course) with more
than 300 variables arrange in alphabetical order .  I
want to rearrage the variables according to,
say,subgroup. Do you know the syntax?

Thank you.

Johnny


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[Marks, Jim]

John:

ADD FILES FILE = *
  /KEEP group1 group2 group3 ALL.
EXECUTE .

substitute in your variable names for group1 group2 ...
make sure you have ALL in the list to KEEP. That way if you miss any
variables, you won't lose them from the data file.

--jim

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John Amora
Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 9:29 AM
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Subject: rearranging variables in the dataset

Hi everyone,

I have a database (in spss format of course) with more than 300
variables arrange in alphabetical order .  I want to rearrage the
variables according to, say,subgroup. Do you know the syntax?

Thank you.

Johnny



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[bhina patria]

You can also use something like:

SAVE OUTFILE='Path/newfilename.sav'
/KEEP= group1 group2 group3.
exe.


On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 4:28 PM, John Amora <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I have a database (in spss format of course) with more
> than 300 variables arrange in alphabetical order .  I
> want to rearrage the variables according to,
> say,subgroup. Do you know the syntax?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Johnny
>
>
>
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