Daphna,
you can use a macro inside a loop, like this:
foreach v of varlist var1 var2 var3 {
local x : variable label `v'
rename `v' `x'
}
The procedure requires the labels to be valid (and unique) Stata names.
I recommend that you put the original names back as labels, in case
you want to undo it later:
foreach v of varlist var1 var2 var3 {
local x : variable label `v'
rename `v' `x'
label variable `x' "`v'"
}
Hope this helps,
Eva
2008/8/8 daphna bassok <[email protected]>:
> Hi-
>
> I have a strange data cleaning question and was hoping someone would have a
> solution.
>
> Is it possible to rename a list of variables with their label value (meaning
> replace the variable name with the variable label)? My labels identify the
> item numbers on a particular survey (but my actual variable names are not
> too informative). I am looking for a command like renvars, that will allow
> me quickly rename the variable, but so far I have not been able to find
> something.
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice.
> Daphna
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