Date:         Thu, 28 Sep 2000 08:32:04 -0500
Reply-To:     Jonathan_Goldberg@MASTERCARD.COM
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From:         Jonathan Goldberg <Jonathan_Goldberg@MASTERCARD.COM>
Subject:      Re: How to reverse variables
Comments: cc: charles_s_patridge@MY-DEJA.COM
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charles_s_patridge@MY-DEJA.COM asks:

>I tried this code but I do not see the desired results.  What am I
>missing?  Thanks.  I just wanted to add Paul's solution to the others
>you received so I could post them to my web site for future use.
>
>
>data vset;
>          v1=1;v2=2;v3=3;v4=4;v5=5;
>          run;
>
>%let n = 5;
>
>data reverse;
>   set vset;
>   call poke(reverse(peekc(addr(v1),&n)),addr(v1),&n);
> run;

peekc is for character data, as in the original problem.  If the first data set
is changed to:

data vset;
          v1='1';v2='2';v3='3';v4='4';v5='5';
          run;

the code works as intended.

Jonathan