Re: st: Rename variables

["Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos" <npatsop@cc.uoi.gr>]

R.Alegria@lse.ac.uk wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> I have a dataset with 220 variables. I would like to rename the last 200
> variables with a numerical ordered name.
> That is, from var21 to var200 I would like to rename them from _1 to
> _200.
>
> Is there any way of doing this at the same time for the 200 variables
> instead of going one by one using:
>
> Rename var21 _1
> Rename var22 _2
> .....
> Rename var200 _200
>
> Thanks!!!
>
> ---Rodrigo 
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Try:

local i=3

foreach var of varlist var3-var11 {
    rename `var' _`i'
    local i=`i'+1
  }


Nikos



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