Re: st: Rename problem: r(110) already defined

[Richard Williams <Richard.A.Williams.5@ND.edu>]

At 05:53 PM 2/12/2008, Friedrich Huebler wrote:
> I am trying to convert all variable names in my data to lowercase,
> using the commands below. The -rename- command returns error code 110
> "already defined" if a variable name is already lowercase.
>
> ds
> local vars "`r(varlist)'"
> foreach v of local vars {
>   local newname = lower("`v'")
>   rename `v' `newname'
> }
How about changing the rename command to

if "`v'" != "`newname'" rename `v' `newname'

You might also consider the Weesie and Cox -renvars- command, which 
is dm88_1 from the Stata Journal.


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