does the order matter in the data step? if so, for what?
are you asking about the order of the data or the order of your statements.
http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/lrdict/64316/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a000131184.htm
Do you have some context for these questions? They're fairly vague and most can be answered by reading the documentation or some basic searches.
@clqa wrote:
does the order matter in the data step? if so, for what?
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