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One merely has to specify the relevant rules , which can include wildcard characters:. After all, you want to change the prefix systematically and the postfix from an idiosyncratic number to a more systematic number, all at once, and no one-line solution for that could look nice. In principle, you seem to be trying to call -renvars- once for each renaming. Using files from Dropbox in Stata and R. Stack Overflow works best with JavaScript enabled. In reply to this post by Abhimanyu Arora-2 And without the typos for which apologies: Best regards Abhimanyu On Mon, May 24, at 4:

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It sounds as if you were using http: Active 3 months ago. I tried to use renvars by Jeroen Weesie revars a forvalues loop, but am not able to succeed. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google.

In reply to this post by Nick Cox I see.

I'm resigning as a moderator from all Stack Exchange sites, effective today. How do you use the rrenvars -rename- -renpfix- and -renvars- to rename variable names? Get a free blog at WordPress. The syntax for -renpfix- is: You can loop over the variables using the macro extended function subinstr: Non-English characters in Stata.

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Contents When generating a new variable Using -labgen --labgen2- or -genl- From the first row of observations Using loop -foreach- Using loop -forvalues- Using -renvars- From the first AND second rows of observations Using loop -foreach- Using loop -forvalues- From an existing renvarw variable Using loop -forvalues- Using -levelsof- and -tokenize- From a simple list of names Using -tokenize- Using -local- Using -labvars- From one dataset to another Merging with an empty dataset How to rename variables according to their labels Bonus: In reply to this post by Abhimanyu Arora-2 -renvars- was written by Jeroen Weesie and myself.

Free forum by Nabble. Asked 5 years ago. One merely has to specify the relevant ruleswhich can include wildcard characters:.

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If you are going to do that you might as well use -rename. Good practice as often requested on the list is renvqrs say where user-written stuff comes from, which here is the Stata Journal site. Best regards Abhimanyu On Mon, May 24, at 5: Not all characters in the keyboard, however, are allowed in naming variables. Pearly Spencer 18k 20 20 gold badges 54 54 silver badges bronze badges.

Post as a guest Name. Again, it's just the same as -generate- but it has two options to specify the variable label: Stack Overflow for Teams is a private, secure spot for you and your coworkers to find and share information. I have to say that I don't regard this as a problem with my solution, but more an illustration renvsrs a closely related but different question ernvars have a closely related but different answer. Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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In reply to this post by Nick Cox. Is there any other way?

Your code would not change "var" to "year". The initial poster was happy with the solution, btw http: Pearly Spencer Pearly Spencer 18k 20 20 gold badges 54 54 silver badges bronze badges.

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This is the case in the artificial example Nick produces: Yes indeed, The earlier version didn't have the map option as well which you used in your solution.

By using our site, you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Cookie PolicyPrivacy Policyand our Terms of Service. Nick Cox Nick Cox Collecting, organising, and analysing data is expensive renvarrs so is doing nothing.