Please see - help order -
the command "order"/"move" will allow you to user-define the order of your variables in your dataset.
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> Hans J. Baumgartner
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 13. Januar 2005 12:57
> An: [email protected]
> Betreff: st: sort
> 
> 
> Dear statalist,
> 
> to describe my data, I decided to use the collapse command.
> 
> Since I have quite a few variables I am unhappy by sorting them in 
> alphabetic order. Is it possible to sort them in a user-defined order?
> 
> The table 1 shall become table 2
> table1
> _var	_stat
> age	50
> exp	14
> school 	5
> 
> table2
> _var	_stat
> age	50
> school	5
> exp	14
> 
> All suggestions are welcomed.
> Thanks
> Hans
> 
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