Varlist Stata. Quick start shapiro wilk test of normality. Likewise sfrancia performs the shapiro francia w0 test for normality.
A x7 x8 x70 x80 z. Sequential alphabetizes varlist keeping variables with the same ordered letters but with differing appended numbers in sequential order. Likewise sfrancia performs the shapiro francia w0 test for normality.
Just alphabetizes varlist and the movement of varlist is controlled by the other option.
This situation may arise due to the use of another command which generates a list of variables based on a set of criteria. See mv mvtest normality for multivariate tests of normality. With few exceptions the basic stata language syntax is by varlist. Varlist is moved to the beginning of the dataset.
