Re: st: quick question

[Richard Williams <Richard.A.Williams.5@nd.edu>]

At 04:37 PM 2/25/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> I have a data set that I got with some oddball names like PyrexIA or
> CuTaneousDA, etc. and I'd like to rename everything so all characters were
> lowercase.  Is there an easy way to do this via a foreach loop and a simple
> command, or do I have to
> rename PyrexIA pyrexia
> rename CuTaneousDA cutaneousda
>
> I looked at the lower function but that seems to operate on variables rather
> than names.
-findit renvars-

There are a couple of versions; choose the dm88 version by both Cox and 
Weesie.  Then do something like

renvars PyrexIA CuTaneousDA, lower

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