Hi Sven, Thanks very much. I'll give that a try. "I often see problems in the world and wonder why someone doesn't fix them. Then I realize that I am someone, and that makes me feel bad because it is all my fault." http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/fixing_the_world/ ________________________________ From: Sven Schreiber <svetosch(a)gmx.net&gt; To: Gretl list <gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu&gt; Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 3:26:49 PM Subject: Re: [Gretl-users] Question - sorting the sample according to one of the observations Raz Lev schrieb: according to a recent hint by Allin (and related to what's in the cheatsheet chapter of the manual I guess) you could try: dataset sortby your_x_variable If the ordering is supposed to be descending, I'm guessing that you would have to do: genr sortkey = -your_x_variable dataset sortby sortkey no guarantees, but good luck, sven _______________________________________________ Gretl-users mailing list Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users