Dan, does something like this work?
. input v1 v2 v3 v4 v5
v1 v2 v3 v4 v5
1. 1 2 3 4 5
2. end
. label var v1 "9/5/2007"
. label var v2 "9/4/2007"
. label var v3 "9/6/2007"
. label var v4 "9/7/2007"
. label var v5 "9/8/2007"
. foreach var of varlist v1-v5 {
2. local lab`var': variable label `var'
3. local lab`var'=d(`lab`var'')
4. local lab`var': display %d `lab`var''
5. rename `var' rev_`lab`var''
6. }
. desc
Contains data
obs: 1
vars: 5
size: 24 (99.9% of memory free)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
storage display value
variable name type format label variable label
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
rev_09may2007 float %9.0g 9/5/2007
rev_09apr2007 float %9.0g 9/4/2007
rev_09jun2007 float %9.0g 9/6/2007
rev_09jul2007 float %9.0g 9/7/2007
rev_09aug2007 float %9.0g 9/8/2007
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sorted by:
Note: dataset has changed since last saved
Hope this helps, Tim
On 9/7/07, Rodriguez, Dan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> I have a comma-delimited datafile that I need to process on a daily basis
> within Stata where I need to convert the labels for about 200 columns into
> variable names. The file looks like the following:
>
> acct name 9/5/2007 9/4/2007 8/31/2007
> 84J Jacky 1 2 -1
> B88 Mike -2 3 -1
> B93 Mike 4 5 2
>
>
> When I import this file into Stata I get:
>
> acct name v18 v19 v20
> 84J Jacky 1 2 -1
> B88 Mike 0 0 0
> B93 Mike 0 0 0
>
> . desc
>
> Contains data
> obs: 1,495
> vars: 190
> size: 1,728,220 (83.5% of memory free)
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> storage display value
> variable name type format label variable label
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> acct str8 %9s Trading Acct
> name str53 %53s Trader
> v18 float %9.0g 9/5/2007
> v19 float %9.0g 9/4/2007
> v20 float %9.0g 8/31/2007
> v21 float %9.0g 8/30/2007
> v22 float %9.0g 8/29/2007
> v23 float %9.0g 8/28/2007
> v24 float %9.0g 8/27/2007
> v25 float %9.0g 8/24/2007
> v26 float %9.0g 8/23/2007
> v27 float %9.0g 8/22/2007
> v28 float %9.0g 8/21/2007
> v29 float %9.0g 8/20/2007
>
> How can I change the variable names to rev_Sep5_2007, rev_Sep4_2007,
> rev_Aug31_2007, etc.?
>
> I need to apply a reshape command to facilitate further analysis.
>
> Thank you,
> Dan Rodriguez
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