My data set have variables VAR1, VAR2, and VAR3.
The variables are displayed in order VAR1, VAR3 and VAR2. I want them in order VAR1, VAR2 and VAR3.
How do I change the order in a DATA STEP?
data want;
retain var1 var2 var3;
set have;
run;
Often the order of variables does not matter, but I recently wrote an article about reordering variables according to a value of a statistic (mean, median, variance,...). Yes, I used the RETAIN statement. For details, see
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