Re: st: Stata 12 bug report: -rename- with wild card (*) used in do-file

[Gundi Knies <gknies@essex.ac.uk>]

thanks for the suggestions.
turns out I had a redundant version control in my do-file (i.e. 
switching to Stata 11), and this wild card was only implemented in 
version 12.
thanks also for pointing me to -renvars. it's neat.
Gundi
On 08/08/2012 16:09, William Buchanan wrote:
> 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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 8, 2012, at 7:54, Gundi Knies <gknies@essex.ac.uk> 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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Dr Gundi Knies
Institute for Social and Economic Research
University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park
Colchester CO4 3SQ
UK
Tel: +44 (0)1206 872734
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