Re: st: Aorder question

[Richard Williams <Richard.A.Williams.5@ND.edu>]

At 09:32 AM 7/20/2005 -0700, you 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
> acock@comcast.net
Also, you might just want to do

ds, alpha

to list the vars alphabetically.  Or, you could do

quietly ds
aorder
order `r(varlist)'

If you are going to give some commands between aorder and order, you may 
want to save r(varlist) as a local variable so it doesn't get erased by 
other commands, e.g.

quietly ds
local myvars `r(varlist)'
aorder
...commands...
order `myvars'

On the other hand, just reopening the data set may be as quick and simple 
as anything!


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