Hello All,
I wonder if there is any bug in unabbreviation of variable names. I
have a persistent problem, which can be reproduced as following (Stata
for Windows version 9 and 10):
// --------------------------------------------------------
sysuse auto
keep gear_ratio
describe gear
rename gear_ratio long_name
describe long
// --------------------------------------------------------
r(101): long not allowed
Same thing happens when I use tab instead of describe.
In real life I have a variable long_unempl, which caused troubles when
abbreviated in such a way. Is it only the word "long" that causes such
problems? Or are there other "prohibited" abbreviations (I know
"using" is one because it is a reserved word and appears in the syntax
of describe, but "long" is not a part of the syntax)?
Thank you,
Sergiy Radyakin
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