See: -help rename- and -help label-
Hope this helps,
Maarten
--- Eric Uslaner <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a data set that someone else created. The data are survey
> data and the variable names are such as q31a, etc. The labels make
> no sense either. I want to rename the variables and the labels. In
> the past, I have had to click on one variable at a a time and rename
> it and the label in the data editor. But this is awkward and time
> consuming. I could convert the data to SPSS and use the variable
> view to change the names and labels rather easily but this would
> limit the variable names to 8 characters. I know of John Gleason's
> labedit, but this does not allow changing variable names and I cannot
> change the size from a tiny box to a larger box.
>
> I have searched for such a variable editor using findit and came up
> with nothing. Am I missing something--and, if not, is this something
> that Stata can work on?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ric Uslaner
>
>
>
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Department of Social Research Methodology
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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The Netherlands
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