Thanks for the plug, but -renames- (SSC) was superseded by -renvars-
(SJ). -renames- remains accessible only for the presumably rather small
but not necessarily empty set of users of Stata 6, who would not be able
to use -renvars-. (See the -njc_stuff- package on SSC if you seek
guidance on my public domain stuff, including what is superseded by
what.)
In the same vein, we can mention -rensfix- (STB). Although StataCorp
provided -renpfix- they never wrote its twin, so Stephen Jenkins and I
wrote one. However, at least one of us regards -rensfix- as superseded
by the much more general -renvars-.
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STB-59 dm83 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Renaming variables: changing
suffixes
(help rensfix if installed) . . . . . . . S. P. Jenkins and N.
J. Cox
1/01 pp.5--6; STB Reprints Vol 10, pp.34--35
renames variables by changing the suffix
Nick
[email protected]
Martin Weiss
Nick also has a package -ssc d renames- which will do the job just as
well.
***
clear*
set obs 100
forv i=1/150{
gen x`i'_56epi=runiform()
}
capt ssc inst renames
//rename all in one fell swoop
//renvars _all, postsub(_56epi _45epi)
renames *_56epi , suffix(_45epi)
***
From: "sdm1" <[email protected]>
> Thanks Martin!
Martin Weiss
> <>
> ****
> clear*
> set obs 100
>
> forv i=1/150{
> gen x`i'_56epi=runiform()
> }
>
> //rename all in one fell swoop
> renvars _all, postsub(_56epi _45epi)
> ****
>
> From: "sdm1" <[email protected]>
>>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?
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