can we order the variables after -egen- ?

[Fred Lee]

    egen progsvness=rowmean(techAdvt prodAdvt)
        order progsvness,a(prodAdvt)

the code above is a little verbose, does -egen- command has similar function like -gen-

gen a=b,after(b)

[Nick Cox]

No. Adding such an option to egen (not function, in this case) is a possibility for StataCorp. There would be need be some thought about how they might mesh with options of its constituent functions.

[Fred Lee]

Alright, Thanks Nick.