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foreach v of var VAR* {
local insert : di %02.0f 14 + real(substr("`v'", 4, 2))
local suffix = substr("`v'", 6, .)
rename `v' VAR`insert'`suffix'
}
-renvars- (SJ) would allow a one-line solution, but it would look
quite like the above and be no faster.
Nick
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On 13 January 2014 11:14, Richard Moverare <[email protected]>
> I have a minor problem renaming some variables. I am sure there is
> some simple solution, but at the moment I can't find it. I have a
> dataset with variables named as follows:
>
> VAR02_1
> VAR02_2
> VAR02_3
> VAR03
> VAR04c
> VAR05_1
> VAR05_2
> and so on
>
> The structure is VARXX and then sometimes a few more characters. I
> would like to change these numbers, i.e. XX, by increasing their value
> with, say 12. The characters following XX should not be changed. So
> that, in my example, I get:
>
> VAR14_1
> VAR14_2
> VAR14_3
> VAR15
> VAR16c
> VAR17_1
> VAR17_2
> and so on
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