Question { 17288 }

hi guys ...i have one query...
data abc;
input s w k g o t a m;
cards;
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
;
run;

i want the output to be the sorted order(only
variables).observations should not be changed..

Answer

here is solution to ur problem
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data abc;
input s w k g o t a m;
cards;
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
;
run;
**** create a dummy variable by assigning the values of any
one of ur variable;
**** here I have taken the values of S variable of your ABC
data set;
data setabc;
set abc;
l=s;
run;
proc print;run;
* transpose the variables into observations of a transposed
data set by using the ID statement;
proc transpose data=setabc out=T1_abc let;
id l;
run;
proc print;run;
**sort the transposed data set by using _name_ variable
inorder to get varibales in a ascending order;
proc sort data=T1_abc;
by _name_;
run;
proc print;run;
** once again transpose the sorted data set with the _name_
variable in ID statement;
proc transpose data=t1_abc out=t2_abc(drop=_name_) let;
id _name_;
run;
proc print noobs;
title 'sorting the variables in Ascending order';
run;