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st: Stata 12 bug report: -rename- with wild card (*) used in do-file
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Gundi Knies <[email protected]>
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st: Stata 12 bug report: -rename- with wild card (*) used in do-file
Date
Wed, 08 Aug 2012 15:54:29 +0100
Hey folks
I was planning to use -renpfix- to change a series of variable prefixes
in my data file but noted that users are pointed toward using -rename-
instead. Fine ..
Now, the issue is that I found that the following command does the
desired renames if I execute it interactively in Stata 12, but not when
I include it in a do-file:
rename *_* *1_*
The error message suggests the wild card * is an invalid name"=.
Am I missing something?
Best,
Gundi
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