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Re: st: RE: SV: RE: rename with if
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K C Wong <[email protected]>
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Re: st: RE: SV: RE: rename with if
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Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:47:18 +0800
it's always great to know the alternatives. Thx~
On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 1:07 AM, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> Indeed, that does work. I was just suggesting an alternative.
>
> Nick
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tomas Lind
> Sent: 21 October 2011 16:31
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> Subject: st: SV: RE: rename with if
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> For the moment it works when using K C Wongs suggestion but modified with "`var'" as you suggested.
>
> if "`var'" != "idnr" {
> rename `var' `k'_`var'
>
> /Tomas
>
>
> -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> Från: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] För Nick Cox
> Skickat: den 21 oktober 2011 17:24
> Till: '[email protected]'
> Ämne: st: RE: rename with if
>
> Looking at the question again, the core is
>
> foreach var of varlist _all {
> if "`var'" != "idnr" rename `var' `k'_`var'
> }
>
> Picking up an idea from Fernando Rios Avila [[email protected]], and adding another, this might as well be
>
> rename (*) (`k'_*)
> rename `k'_idnr idnr
>
> bearing in mind that in Stata 12 -- which you are presumed to use unless you flag otherwise -- -rename- has a bunch of new features that allow renaming of multiple variables.
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