Examples (SORT CASES command)

SORT CASES BY DIVISION (A) STORE (D).

• Cases are sorted in ascending order of variable DIVISION. Cases are further sorted in descending order of STORE within categories of DIVISION. A must be specified so that D applies to STORE only.

  SORT CASES DIVISION STORE (A) AGE (D).

• Cases are sorted in ascending order of DIVISION. Keyword BY is not used in this example.
• Cases are further sorted in ascending order of STORE within values of DIVISION. Specification A applies to both DIVISION and STORE.
• Cases are further sorted in descending order of AGE within values of STORE and DIVISION.