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Re: st: Prob with -rename-
try this:
**********
clear
set obs 100
g x14 = 0
g x2=5
rename x1 x90
**********
set varabbrev off
**********
clear
set obs 100
g x14 = 0
g x2=5
rename x1 x90
**********
and you get the desired error message. The reason is that you can use
abbreviations (default) in Stata - see help varabbrev
hope this helps,
Johannes
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Johannes Geyer
Deutsches Institut f�r Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin)
German Institute for Economic Research
Department of Public Economics
DIW Berlin
Mohrenstra�e 58
10117 Berlin
Tel: +49-30-89789-258
[email protected] schrieb am 13/05/2008 10:03:44:
> Dear Statalisters,
>
> I am currently dealing with a nasty problem. Try the following:
>
> **********
> clear*
> set obs 100
> g x14 = 0
> g x2=5
> rename x1 x90
> **********
>
> The last -rename- simply hijacks variable x14 and renames it x90. If I
> wanted this behavior, I would say -rename x1? X90-. Should -rename- not
> alert me to the fact that there is no such variable?
>
> Martin Weiss
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