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Re: st: Stata 12 bug report: -rename- with wild card (*) used in do-file
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William Buchanan <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Stata 12 bug report: -rename- with wild card (*) used in do-file
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Wed, 8 Aug 2012 08:09:00 -0700
Why not use one of the -renvars- functions if the only thing you are doing is substituting "_" with "1_"? Seems like it would make things much easier.
HTH,
Billy
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On Aug 8, 2012, at 7:54, Gundi Knies <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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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