Glad the problem is solved.
To rename variable names to omit � (pound) characters,
one possibility is -renvars- (STB-60, -search renvars-)
. renvars, subst(� _)
Nick
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Clive Nicholas
> Good news! My -joinby- problem was sorted out: simply by running the
> commands as I did over the weekend, they worked!! :-)
...
> I'm going to remove my pound signs from my datasets lest any
> program-error risks and the like occur in the future.
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