[email protected] wrote:
> I have a set of variables that I want to rename.
>
> I want to transform these v1_1 v2_1 v1_2 v2_2 etc..
> to v1_01 v2_01 v1_02 v2_02 etc...
RESPONSE:
Assuming that you have 3 sets of the form
v1_1 v2_1 v3_1 v1_2 v2_2 v3_2 v1_3 v2_3 v3_3
How about something like this:
foreach X in v1 v2 v3 {
foreach Y of num 1/3 {
rename `X'_`Y' `X'_0`Y'
}
}
John Hennen
Boston
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