st: variable names with first character being a number

[raoul reulen <r.c.reulen@gmail.com>]

Hello

I am loading several MS Access datasets into Stata via an odbc
connection, but some variables have a number as the first character of
the variable name. Stata  doesnt like this and changes the name into a
default name like var1. How can I keep the original variable name but
add, for example, a letter to the variable name?


For example, I want change:

23_alcohol_units

into

Q23_alcohol_units

Thanks.

Raoul

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Raoul C. Reulen
Cancer Research UK Training Fellow
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