I need to reorder my variables.....lets say the order is .....a, b, c, d, e, f...........................but I want the order to be ........c, d, e, a, b, f...........
and how do I keep the order?
here is my log:
533 +DATA BID77;
534 +SET BIDSBELOW22;
535 +RUN;
NOTE: There were 679522 observations read from the data set WORK.BIDSBELOW22.
NOTE: The data set WORK.BID77 has 679522 observations and 28 variables.
NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):
real time 0.98 seconds
cpu time 0.96 seconds
536 +
537 +proc print data = BID77 (obs=10);
538 +Where B = 2005;
539 +run;
NOTE: There were 10 observations read from the data set WORK.BID77.
WHERE B=2005;
NOTE: The PROCEDURE PRINT printed pages 1-2.
NOTE: PROCEDURE PRINT used (Total process time):
real time 0.91 seconds
cpu time 0.01 seconds
540 +
541 +data greg;
542 +retain B, CNDTLET, CNAWDAMT, PJAWDAMT, CCONTID, CONTID, PCN, CN, ILINENO, PITYPE, CMOD, IPLINENO, ISPECYR,
_
22
76
542 !+ITEM, IDESCR, IUNITS, ITEMCLSS, PJWRKTYP, Project_type_of_Work, PJPRJTYP, Project_Type,
ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: a name, a quoted string, a numeric constant,
a datetime constant, a missing value, (, -, :, ;, _ALL_, _CHARACTER_, _CHAR_, _NUMERIC_.
ERROR 76-322: Syntax error, statement will be ignored.
543 +IQOQTY, IQEXTAMT, IQVPRICE, IPUPRICE, BIDAVG, VNAMES, LETSTAT;
544 +set BID77;
545 +run;
NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
NOTE: SAS set option OBS=0 and will continue to check statements. This may cause NOTE: No observations in data set.
WARNING: The data set WORK.GREG may be incomplete. When this step was stopped there were 0 observations and 28
variables.
NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):
real time 0.06 seconds
cpu time 0.01 seconds
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