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Reorder variables in dataset, reversibly

        reorder varlist

        reorder, previous


Description 

    reorder varlist changes the order of the variables in the current
    dataset.  The variables specified are moved, in order, to the front of
    the dataset. reorder used in this way resembles order, except that the
    varlist specified is saved in a characteristic.

    reorder, previous changes the order of the variables in the current
    dataset to the order previously set with reorder. This applies not only
    in the current session, but also in subsequent sessions - so long as the
    dataset, including the characteristic, is saved using save, replace. Thus
    after some initial reorder successive applications of reorder, previous
    can be used to toggle back and forth between two orderings.


Options

    previous specifies that the order of variables should return to that
        previously specified by reorder with the same dataset.


Examples

    . reorder price-foreign

    . reorder, previous


Author 

    Nicholas J. Cox, University of Durham, U.K.
    n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk


Acknowledgements

    This problem was suggested by Susan Hailpern. Kit Baum made helpful
    comments.


Also see

    On-line: help for order
 
    Manual: [R] order