Sections of an MPS-format SAS data set must be specified in a fixed order.

Sections of linear programming problems are listed in the following order:

• NAME

• ROWS

• COLUMNS

• RHS (optional)

• RANGES (optional)

• BOUNDS (optional)

• ENDATA

Sections of quadratic programming problems are listed in the following order:

• NAME

• ROWS

• COLUMNS

• RHS (optional)

• RANGES (optional)

• BOUNDS (optional)

• QSECTION

• ENDATA

Sections of mixed integer programming problems are listed in the following order:

• NAME

• ROWS

• COLUMNS

• RHS (optional)

• RANGES (optional)

• BOUNDS (optional)

• BRANCH (optional)

• ENDATA