Wow, that was quick! Thanks Ken/Stas/Phil. I knew it was there
somewhere ....
--Mark
Quoting [email protected],"Mark Schaffer <[email protected]>
asks:"@hsph.harvard.edu:
> > I want a program to be able to find out if the dataset in memory
> is
> > sorted. If possible, I also want it to be able to find out what
> the sort
> > variables are. But I don't want the dataset to get sorted in the
> process.
>
> Look at -help macro-. The extended macro function -sortedby-
> will give you what you want. For instance,
>
> . sysuse auto
> . local cursort : sortedby
> . di "`cursort'"
>
> Would show you that the auto dataset is sorted on the "foreign"
> variable.
>
> Ken Higbee [email protected]
> StataCorp 1-800-STATAPC
>
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Prof. Mark Schaffer
Director, CERT
Department of Economics
School of Management & Languages
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS
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