Re: Retrieving original varaible sequence
Posted by
Albert-Jan Roskam on
May 24, 2013; 3:05pm
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/Retrieving-original-varaible-sequence-tp5720394p5720398.html
I addition to Art's reply:
use e.g. GET FILE = 'survey.sav' / KEEP = <variable names in desired order> ALL.
to reorder the variable names as desired. The ALL keyword is just in case you (like me) forget one or more variables.
You can do the same trick with ADD FILES, MATCH FILES, SAVE OUTFILE, etc.
Regards,
Albert-Jan
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From: John F Hall <[hidden email]>
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Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 3:41 PM
Subject: [SPSSX-L] Retrieving original varaible sequence
Pure laziness on my part, but I’ve downloaded the *.sav file for the NORC GSS 2008. The variables are in alphabetical order: is there a way to return them to the original questionnaire order? That way, if I have the questionnaire in front of me I can use it as documentation etc.
John F Hall (Mr)
[Retired academic survey researcher]