options nocenter;
*options obs=6;
libname library "~/bulk";

*  by Jean Roth, 2003-12-19 ;
*  Please report any problems or errors to jroth@nber.org
*  NOTE:  This program is distributed under the GNU GPL. 
*  See http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ for details. ;
*  Copyright 2004 shared by the National Bureau of Economic Research and Jean Roth ;

proc sort data=library.alpha out=xx;
by rpt_rec_num;

proc print data=xx (obs=6);

proc transpose data=xx out=library.alphat (drop = _NAME_);
by rpt_rec_num;
var alphnmrc_itm_txt;
id varname;
run;

proc print data=library.alphat (obs=6);
run;