st: Re-labelling multiple variables

[Konrad <konradedgar@gmx.com>]

Dear Statlist readers,

I would like to rename a set of variables by replacing a part of a string in variable label with another string. For instance, I imported a number of variables correponding to dependecy ratios. After the import each variable has a label grsapechildoldYEAR, I would like to replace first word with more meaningful text.

local changvrs grsapechildold2003 - grsapechildold2011
foreach var of varlist `changvrs' {
	label `var' regexr(`var', "grsapechildold", "Dependency Ratio (%)") 
	}

I don’t know how to mix string replacement commands with variable labelling. As usual, any help will be appreciated.



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Regards
Konrad


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