With this proposal, you have less hassle, so use this one before you try
mine :-) I would be very careful though as -capture- suppresses any error
that occurs along the way. So with a more complicated -numlist- to loop
over, my solution would probably let you sleep better at night :-)
HTH
Martin
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Subject: st: RE: Foreach and rename
forvalues i=1/9 {
capture rename moi0`i'008 date_modif_`i'
}
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[email protected]
Sent: Monday, 25 August 2008 8:28 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: Foreach and rename
Dear all,
I'd like to change the name of many variables in this way:
rename moi01008 date_modif_1
rename moi02008 date_modif_2
rename moi03008 date_modif_3
rename moi05008 date_modif_5
rename moi06008 date_modif_6
rename moi09008 date_modif_9
I'd like to use a loop, like
forvalues i=1/9 {
rename moi0`i'008 date_modif_`i'
}
But it doesn't work : "invalid syntax"
Even if this loop works, I have a problem with the value i=4,7 and 8 for
which moi0`i' does not exist.
How can I do ?
Thanks
Alvine
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