At 09:32 AM 7/20/2005 -0700, Alan Acock wrote:
When I have a file with many variables, I keep them listed in the order they
are in the data collection instrument. However, if I can't remember where a
variable is I like to use aorder to put the variables in an alphabetical
list. How can I undo the aorder command to return to the original order
other than reopening the original dataset?
Alan Acock
[email protected]
So long as you don't make changes to the data - you could do
preserve
aorder
restore
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