Thanks Martin!
Steve
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From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martin Weiss
Sent: 01 May 2009 12:08
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: Re: Changing the suffix on variable names
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clear*
set obs 100
forv i=1/150{
gen x`i'_56epi=runiform()
}
//rename all in one fell swoop
renvars _all, postsub(_56epi _45epi)
****
HTH
Martin
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----- Original Message -----
From: "sdm1" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 12:57 PM
Subject: st: Changing the suffix on variable names
>I have 150 variables all with the same suffix. I'd like to be able to
> change this suffix to a different suffix (eg from '_56epi' to '_45epi'.
> Is
> there an easier way to do this than using the 'rename' command 150 times?
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Steve
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