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    <title>topic sorting rows in SAS Procedures</title>
    <link>https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/sorting-rows/m-p/162393#M42196</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hello everyone,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have the following dataset&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;TABLE border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="423"&gt;&lt;TBODY&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD class="xl65" height="20" width="68"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; date&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD class="xl66" style="border-left: medium none;" width="124"&gt;NAME OF FORMER&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD class="xl66" style="border-left: medium none;" width="105"&gt;a&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD class="xl66" style="border-left: medium none;" width="56"&gt;b&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD class="xl66" style="border-left: medium none;" width="70"&gt;c&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl67" height="20" width="68"&gt;3/31/2014&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD class="xl63" style="border-left: medium none;" width="124"&gt;weight&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl63" style="border-left: medium none;" width="105"&gt;0.32535&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl63" style="border-left: medium none;" width="56"&gt;0.12962&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl63" style="border-left: medium none;" width="70"&gt;0.1317&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl67" height="20" style="border-top: medium none;" width="68"&gt;3/31/2014&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD class="xl63" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="124"&gt;active&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl64" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;-0.28415&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl63" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="56"&gt;0.02146&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl63" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="70"&gt;0.01334&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl67" height="20" style="border-top: medium none;" width="68"&gt;4/30/2014&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD class="xl63" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="124"&gt;weight&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl63" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="105"&gt;0.3269&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl63" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="56"&gt;0.13279&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl63" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="70"&gt;0.13384&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl68" height="21" style="border-top: medium none;" width="68"&gt;4/30/2014&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD class="xl69" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="124"&gt;active&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl70" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;-0.28147&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl69" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="56"&gt;0.02371&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl69" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="70"&gt;0.01418&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TBODY&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I would like to sort the rows based on max date in the above table and the&amp;nbsp; name = active. In this case all rows will be sorted based on row 4:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; for example the resulting data set looks like below.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;This is just a small example of 3 columns but I could have more.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;TABLE border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="423"&gt;&lt;TBODY&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD class="xl67" height="20" width="68"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; date&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD class="xl68" style="border-left: medium none;" width="124"&gt;NAME OF FORMER&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD class="xl68" style="border-left: medium none;" width="105"&gt;a&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD class="xl68" style="border-left: medium none;" width="56"&gt;c&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD class="xl68" style="border-left: medium none;" width="70"&gt;b&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl69" height="20" width="68"&gt;3/31/2014&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD class="xl65" style="border-left: medium none;" width="124"&gt;weight&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: medium none;" width="105"&gt;0.32535&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: medium none;" width="56"&gt;0.1317&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: medium none;" width="70"&gt;0.12962&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl69" height="20" style="border-top: medium none;" width="68"&gt;3/31/2014&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD class="xl65" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="124"&gt;active&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl66" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;-0.28415&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="56"&gt;0.01334&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="70"&gt;0.02146&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl69" height="20" style="border-top: medium none;" width="68"&gt;4/30/2014&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD class="xl65" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="124"&gt;weight&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="105"&gt;0.3269&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="56"&gt;0.13384&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="70"&gt;0.13279&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl70" height="21" style="border-top: medium none;" width="68"&gt;4/30/2014&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="124"&gt;active&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl72" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;-0.28147&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="56"&gt;0.01418&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="70"&gt;0.02371&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TBODY&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Any help is appreciated many Thanks!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2014 16:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>hdg</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2014-05-16T16:53:53Z</dc:date>
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      <title>sorting rows</title>
      <link>https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/sorting-rows/m-p/162393#M42196</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hello everyone,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have the following dataset&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;TABLE border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="423"&gt;&lt;TBODY&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD class="xl65" height="20" width="68"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; date&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD class="xl66" style="border-left: medium none;" width="124"&gt;NAME OF FORMER&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD class="xl66" style="border-left: medium none;" width="105"&gt;a&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD class="xl66" style="border-left: medium none;" width="56"&gt;b&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD class="xl66" style="border-left: medium none;" width="70"&gt;c&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl67" height="20" width="68"&gt;3/31/2014&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD class="xl63" style="border-left: medium none;" width="124"&gt;weight&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl63" style="border-left: medium none;" width="105"&gt;0.32535&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl63" style="border-left: medium none;" width="56"&gt;0.12962&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl63" style="border-left: medium none;" width="70"&gt;0.1317&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl67" height="20" style="border-top: medium none;" width="68"&gt;3/31/2014&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD class="xl63" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="124"&gt;active&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl64" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;-0.28415&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl63" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="56"&gt;0.02146&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl63" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="70"&gt;0.01334&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl67" height="20" style="border-top: medium none;" width="68"&gt;4/30/2014&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD class="xl63" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="124"&gt;weight&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl63" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="105"&gt;0.3269&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl63" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="56"&gt;0.13279&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl63" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="70"&gt;0.13384&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl68" height="21" style="border-top: medium none;" width="68"&gt;4/30/2014&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD class="xl69" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="124"&gt;active&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl70" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;-0.28147&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl69" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="56"&gt;0.02371&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl69" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="70"&gt;0.01418&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TBODY&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I would like to sort the rows based on max date in the above table and the&amp;nbsp; name = active. In this case all rows will be sorted based on row 4:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; for example the resulting data set looks like below.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;This is just a small example of 3 columns but I could have more.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;TABLE border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="423"&gt;&lt;TBODY&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD class="xl67" height="20" width="68"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; date&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD class="xl68" style="border-left: medium none;" width="124"&gt;NAME OF FORMER&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD class="xl68" style="border-left: medium none;" width="105"&gt;a&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD class="xl68" style="border-left: medium none;" width="56"&gt;c&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD class="xl68" style="border-left: medium none;" width="70"&gt;b&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl69" height="20" width="68"&gt;3/31/2014&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD class="xl65" style="border-left: medium none;" width="124"&gt;weight&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: medium none;" width="105"&gt;0.32535&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: medium none;" width="56"&gt;0.1317&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: medium none;" width="70"&gt;0.12962&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl69" height="20" style="border-top: medium none;" width="68"&gt;3/31/2014&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD class="xl65" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="124"&gt;active&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl66" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;-0.28415&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="56"&gt;0.01334&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="70"&gt;0.02146&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl69" height="20" style="border-top: medium none;" width="68"&gt;4/30/2014&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD class="xl65" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="124"&gt;weight&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="105"&gt;0.3269&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="56"&gt;0.13384&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="70"&gt;0.13279&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl70" height="21" style="border-top: medium none;" width="68"&gt;4/30/2014&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="124"&gt;active&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl72" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;-0.28147&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="56"&gt;0.01418&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD align="right" class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;" width="70"&gt;0.02371&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TBODY&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Any help is appreciated many Thanks!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2014 16:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>hdg</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-05-16T16:53:53Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: sorting rows</title>
      <link>https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/sorting-rows/m-p/162394#M42197</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Doesn't look like a sort at this point just a column reorder. There are several threads in the forum about reordering data columns in a data set.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR /&gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2014 16:59:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/sorting-rows/m-p/162394#M42197</guid>
      <dc:creator>ballardw</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-05-16T16:59:36Z</dc:date>
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