This query has been answered yesterday, but for the record, let me add
that this is what _gclsort does. _gclsort is available from the SSC
archive (ssc install _gclsort).
sysuse auto
egen price2 = clsort(price)
Philippe
> -----Original Message-----
>
> Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 14:05:41 -0700
> From: "NEYMOTIN, FLORENCE" <[email protected]>
> Subject: st: sort
>
> is there a way to sort just ONE variable without changing the
> rest of the dataset? i.e. I want to
> sort EACH variable seperately and leave the rest of the
> dataset the same...
> thanks,
> Florence
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