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Re: st: sortpreserve option
From
David Kantor <[email protected]>
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Subject
Re: st: sortpreserve option
Date
Thu, 15 Aug 2013 12:04:44 -0400
At 11:29 AM 8/15/2013, Jeph wrote:
Perhaps this is naive of me, but the documentation for
-sortpreserve- states up front that -sortpreserve- is not intended
for programs which modify the data, nor is it appropriate in that
case: "sortpreserve is intended for use in programs that report
results or add new variables to the dataset, not programs that
modify the data in memory."
When all else fails, read the directions.
I mean, I plead guilty for not having done so.
Also, that warning about sortpreserve is consistent with my
inclination about it. But I'm curious to find out what happens if you
do such modifications.
--David
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