Issues with proc content.

[PrinceAde]

Hi everyone.

Please I need help with proc contents;

I'm trying to view the content of  a data set.

proc contents data=want;

run;

In the output, the heading says Alphabetic List of Variables and Attributes, however, the variables were not arranged alphabetically. 

Thank you.

[PaigeMiller]

Please show us a screen capture. Use the "Insert Photos" icon to include your screen capture in your reply. Do NOT attach files.

[PrinceAde]

Okay, thank you

[Kurt_Bremser · Accepted solution]

In the collating sequence of the ASCII code, capital letters appear before lowercase letters. That's why it's not a good idea to mix cases in variable names, unless you use it for specific reasons (i.e. I used it to separate variables coming in from the production DB (uppercase) vs. those created in the data warehouse during the ETL process (lowercase))

[andreas_lds]

You can use the option "order":

proc contents data=want order=ignorecase;

run;

[PrinceAde]

This worked too; thank you sir.