On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 3:33 PM, Steven Samuels
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Sorry, -Sergiy- for my last remark on Statalist-it was uncalled for.
>
> -Steve
No problem, Steven.
> On Oct 10, 2008, at 3:23 PM, Sergiy Radyakin wrote:
>
>> Does not seem to work:
>>
>> //-----------------------------------------------------
>> clear
>> sysuse auto
>> renvars \ var1-var`c(k)'
>> \ invalid name
>> r(198);
>>
>> renvars var1-var`c(k)'
>> r(111);
>>
>> renvars * var1-var`c(k)'
>> variable var1 not found
>> r(111);
>>
>> which renvars
>> c:\ado\plus\r\renvars.ado
>> *! 2.2.1 15aug2000 Jeroen Weesie/ICS
>>
>> version
>> version 9.2
>> *************************************************************
>>
>> Perhaps I am doing something wrong?? Is slash required? Did you mean
>> -renamev- ?
>>
>> From the source code it follows that (at least sometimes) it may stop
>> with a message
>> di in re "`oldname' could not be renamed to `newname'"
>>
>> Is this what you mean will happen? It should never occur in the case
>> in question because vars may be sequentially numbered, and
>> 32-character names allow you to allocate more names than the Stata
>> limit.
>>
>> My preferred strategy would be to:
>> 1. generate K temporary variable names (note that it is Stata's
>> responsibility to ensure that the suggested variable name is unique)
>> 2. rename each variable to the temporary name
>> 3. rename each variable to the sequential name
>>
>> program rename_seq
>> forvalues i=1/`=c(k)' {
>> tempvar tmp`i'
>> }
>> ds
>> local i = 1
>> foreach var of varlist `r(varlist)' {
>> rename `var' `tmp`i''
>> local ++i
>> }
>> ds
>> local i = 1
>> foreach var of varlist `r(varlist)' {
>> rename `var' var`i'
>> local ++i
>> }
>> end
>> /* any resemblance to the code of Friedrich is purely coincidential */
>>
>> Regards, S.R.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> You can try it and see how smart the authors were (on this point).
>>>
>>> Nick
>>> [email protected]
>>>
>>> Sergiy Radyakin
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 2:26 PM, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> You don't need to fire up -ds- beforehand. This can thus be reduced to
>>>>
>>>> local i = 1
>>>> foreach var of var * {
>>>> ren `var' var`i'
>>>> local ++i
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> In fact you don't need a loop. With -renvars- from the Stata Journal
>>>> (-search renvars- for location) you can go
>>>>
>>>> renvars \ var1-var`c(k)'
>>>
>>> What if var5 already exists (and it is 10th in order). Will -renvars-
>>> be intelligent enough to sense it and adjust numbering accordingly? or
>>> will it just crash with error 110 after renaming the fifth variable?
>>>
>>>>
>>>> c(k) is held by Stata as the number of variables -- see results of
>>>> -creturn li- and it has a local macro persona `c(k)'.
>>>>
>>>> Naturally -renvars- is doing the loop on your behalf. It also checks
>>>
>>> for
>>>>
>>>> name problems.
>>>>
>>>> If Mai does not want all variables renamed, then the advice is
>>>
>>> modified
>>>>
>>>> accordingly.
>>>>
>>>> Nick
>>>> [email protected]
>>>>
>>>> Friedrich Huebler
>>>>
>>>> ds
>>>> local i = 1
>>>> foreach var of varlist `r(varlist)' {
>>>> ren `var' var`i'
>>>> local ++i
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 11:31 PM, mai7777 <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> How can I loop over vars to rename them by their order number.
>>>>> so they become var1, var2, var3...?
>>>
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