Date:         Thu, 17 Feb 2000 14:39:22 -0500
Reply-To:     Tom Frenkel <taf2@IS8.NYU.EDU>
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From:         Tom Frenkel <taf2@IS8.NYU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: re-order variables
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To SAS-L:

Could anyone explain why RETAIN changes the variable order in this
situation, whereas KEEP does not?  In other words, the following code
will change the variable order in the dataset:

data test2;
RETAIN mailname series;
set test;
run;

but this code will not:

data test2;
KEEP mailname series;
set test;
run;

Thanks!

        --Tom
        Tom Frenkel <taf2@is8.nyu.edu>
        http://pages.nyu.edu/~taf2