Date:         Fri, 18 Oct 2002 07:28:37 -0400
Reply-To:     Raynald Levesque <rlevesque@videotron.ca>
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From:         Raynald Levesque <rlevesque@videotron.ca>
Subject:      Re: query
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Hi

It does not matter that the variables are not in the same order.

Example:

DATA LIST LIST /var1 var2 var3.
BEGIN DATA
1 2 3
1 2 3
1 2 3
END DATA.
LIST.
SAVE OUTFILE='c:\temp\file1.sav'.

DATA LIST LIST /var3 var1 var2.
BEGIN DATA
3 1 2
3 1 2
3 1 2
END DATA.
LIST.

ADD FILES FILE=*
        /FILE='c:\temp\file1.sav'.
EXECUTE.

HTH

Raynald Levesque rlevesque@videotron.ca
Visit my SPSS Pages http://pages.infinit.net/rlevesqu/index.htm


-----Original Message-----
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf Of
Muir Houston
Sent: October 18, 2002 5:46 AM
To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: query


Hi all,
first thanks to those who solved my simple problem - this one is a
little more difficult -
i have two  datesets  (c. 2,500 cases, 150+ variables)
and i want to merge them - each case in each file is unique, but many of
the variables are the same - problem is they are not in the same order -
can i sort the order of them with a piece of syntax, or is a time
consuimng cut and paste to get variables in same order?

thanks
Muir

http://conted.paisley.ac.uk/resources_1.htm


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