Question

In SAS 9, how can I in a simple data step, rearrange the order the field.

Data set2;
  /*Something probably goes here*/
  set set1;
run;

So if set1 has the following fields:

Name   Title   Salary
A      Chief   40000
B      Chief   45000

Then I can change the field order of set2 to:

Title  Salary  Name
Chief  40000   A
Chief  45000   B

Thanks,

Dan

Answer 1

Some quick googling gave me this method:

data set2;
  retain title salary name;
  set set1;
  run;

from here:
http://analytics.ncsu.edu/sesug/2002/PS12.pdf