> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hans J. Baumgartner [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 10:13 AM
> To: statalist
> Subject: st: rename
>
>
> Hi statalisters,
>
> I've got a new data file which is stored in an odd way.
>
> I have imported the file using the command insheet-. As a
> result I have
> variable names v1 to v251. However, the first observation in
> v251 is the
> variable name for v1; the second observation in v251 is the variable
> name for v2; and so on. Observation 251 and thereafter is missing.
>
> I have tried:
> For num 1/250: rename vX v251 in X
>
> But the rename- does not allow the in- option.
>
> Any suggestions on this?
>
> Thanks
> Hans
How about:
forvalues x=1/250 {
local name = v251[`x']
rename v`x' `name'
}
Nick Winter
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