foreach var of varlist haem_id - haem_nbc {
local newname=substr("`var'", 6, .)
rename `var' `newname'
}
or
foreach var of varlist haem_id - haem_nbc {
rename `var' `=substr("`var'", 6, .)'
}
for that matter.
On 10/30/06, Raphael Fraser <[email protected]> wrote:
Didn't work. From the trace as you said -substr(`var', 6, .)- is not
being evaluated as I expected. Typing the following in the command
line works:
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