Re: st: move

[David Kantor <kantor.d@att.net>]

To Sergiy:
Thanks very much for that very helpful answer.
I'm glad to know that these features have been made available, though 
not to us who have yet to upgrade.
Meanwhile, I now understand how I can program them.
Best wishes,
--David

At 02:24 AM 7/4/2013, Sergiy Radyakin wrote:
> David, you don't have to always specify the full list of variables
> after order. This code places turn immediately before and foreign
> immediately after mpg:
>
> sysuse auto
> describe
> order turn,before(mpg)
> order foreign,after(mpg)
> describe
>
> However this feature appeared first in Stata 11 and is not available
> directly in Stata 10. It doesn't mean that it can't be programmed
> there.
>
> Compare:
> http://www.stata.com/help10.cgi?order
> http://www.stata.com/help11.cgi?order
>
>
> Best, Sergiy Radyakin
>
> On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 6:39 PM, David Kantor <kantor.d@att.net> wrote:
> > Hi.
> > I have been using -move-, and it seemed to behave oddly, until I began to
> > understand what it means when they wrote:
> >         move relocates varname1 to the position of varname2 and shifts the
> > remaining variables,
> >         including varname2, to make room.
> > I find that it cyclically rotates the set of variables in the 
> range spanning
> > from varname1 to varname2. Thus, varname1 will end up
> > after varname2 if it was originally before it, and vice-versa.
> >
> > That seems inconsistent; or, it presents a problem in relation to 
> my goal. I
> > want to place varname1 after (or before) varname2, regardless of where it
> > comes from.
> > Is there a way to do this?
> > I prefer not to use -order-, as the set of variables is somewhat large, and
> > I want to place certain variables after one that is
> > somewhere near the middle. (I would need to spell out a long list 
> of names.)
> >
> > I use Stata 10. Is there greater capability for controlling this operation
> > in Stata 11, 12, or 13?
> >
> > Thanks
> > --David

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