Re: st: RE: RE: Saving variable order to dofile

[Phil Clayton <philclayton@internode.on.net>]

You can also use the -ds- command, for example:

sysuse auto, clear
order foreign weight length 
ds // display list of variables and return the list in r(varlist)
local order `r(varlist)' // store the list in local macro order

* now re-open the dataset and reproduce the order we created earlier
sysuse auto, clear
order `order'

Phil

On 29/11/2012, at 9:33 AM, "Dudekula, Anwar" <dudekulaan@upmc.edu> wrote:

> Thank you Ben 
> 
> Yours Sincerely,
> Anwar 
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> Subject: st: RE: Saving variable order  to dofile
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> One easy way would be to use variable manager to select all and copy names
> to a var list.  See e.g.,
> http://www.stata.com/capabilities/overview/variables-manager/
> 
> Then you could past the names after . order
> 
> See . help order
> 
> Ben
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 5:36 PM
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> Subject: st: Saving variable order to dofile
> 
> Hi ,
> I  am working with a large dataset with multiple variables and in the midst
> of analysis.I have aranged variables in specific manner . Is there a way to
> copy present order of variables to dofile without having to save the stata
> datafiles as I dont want to loose data Thanks a lot for your time
> Yours Sincerely,
> Anwar
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