Sasha,
> I would like to add index i to some variable names. What is wrong with
> my code:
>
> variables: id a b c d
>
> foreach var of varlist a-d {
> rename "`var'" "`var'""_i"
> }
first of all, there is no -id- in your -varlist-
second, let's see how Stata expands this stuff. For the first item in the
list, it'll become
rename "a" "a""_i"
I am not sure the second one is a valid Stata name. All you need is to
omit the kavychki, if you know what I mean :)). So, your sequence would
probably be
foreach var of varlist a-d {
rename `var' `var'_i
}
So your -a- variable would be renamed -a_i-, etc. Is it what you want?
--- Stas Kolenikov
-- Ph.D. student in Statistics at UNC-Chapel Hill
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