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KubiK888
Calcite | Level 5

I have a table which the variables are in specific order as Output data, how can I sort it so they are presented in alphabetical order?

 

data WORK.DATA5;
set WORK.DATA4;
run;

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Reeza
Super User

@WarrenKuhfeld just a quick note that I edited your link to remove an extra space at the end.

Kurt_Bremser
Super User

A quick way by retrieving the column names from dictionary.columns and using call execute:

%let inlib=sashelp;
%let inset=class;
%let outlib=work;
%let outset=class;

proc sql;
create table vars as
select name
from dictionary.columns
where libname = upcase("&inlib.") and memname = upcase("&inset.")
order by name;
quit;

data _null_;
set vars end=done;
if _n_ = 1 then call execute("data &outlib..&outset.; format ");
call execute(name !! ' ');
if done then call execute("; set &inlib..&inset.; run;");
run;

You can easily wrap that into a macro with the four macrovars as macro parameters.

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