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If you are keen on doing this from first principles,
***
clear*
set obs 100
gen w4hr5a=1
gen w4hr7a=3
gen w4hr6b=7
gen w4hr9p=5
foreach var of/*
*/ varlist w4hr*{
rename `var' `=upper("`var'")'
}
***
HTH
Martin
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----- Original Message -----
From: "P C" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 8:32 PM
Subject: st: upper function within the loop
Hi,
I have a problem that needs to be solved. I have a list of variables:
w4hr5a w4hr6a w4hr7a w4hr8a w4hr9a
w4hr5b w4hr6b w4hr7b w4hr8b w4hr9b
......
w4hr5p w4hr6p w4hr7p w4hr8p w4hr9p
altogether there are 55 variables. All these variables' names need to be
transformed into capital letters.
Should I use upper function to do the transformation? How should I use the
loop to deal with this kind of situation instead of writing out the
command for each of the 55 variables?
Thanks!
Alice
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