Re: st: from value to varnames

[Phil Schumm <pschumm@uchicago.edu>]

On May 18, 2009, at 8:19 PM, Richard Goldstein wrote:
> nope -- Nick's -sxpose- gives me variables with varnames _var1, etc  
> -- which is of no use; sorry for not mentioning that I had already  
> tried it


That's what the -firstnames- option does.  Without it, you'll get  
variables named _var1, _var2, etc.  With -firstnames-, you'll get  
variables named namea, nameb, etc.


-- Phil

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