* How to delete or reorder variable names. * Raynald Levesque 2002/02/09. DATA LIST LIST /id sex var1 z age. BEGIN DATA 1 1 1 1 25 2 2 2 2 35 3 1 5 0 65 END DATA. * TO change the order to the variables to age id sex var1 z. MATCH FILES FILE=* /KEEP=age ALL. LIST. * NOTE: In the above command, ALL means all remaining variables not previously named. * Use the following to delete variables var1, z and age. MATCH FILES FILE=* /DROP=var1 z age. LIST.