Thanks
set trace on
. foreach var of varlist haem_id - haem_nbc {
2. local newname = substr("`var'", 6, .)
3. rename `var' `newname'
4. }
- foreach var of varlist haem_id - haem_nbc {
- local newname = substr("`var'", 6, .)
= local newname = substr("haem_id", 6, .)
- rename `var' `newname'
= rename haem_id id
- }
On 10/30/06, Austin Nichols <[email protected]> wrote:
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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