Re: st: Changing variable names

[Henrik Stovring <hstovring@health.sdu.dk>]

Try this (where m is number of variables to rename):

forv i = 1/m {
   local newi = `i' + 55
   rename r`i' r`newi'
}

Best,

Henrik


Andri Rauch wrote:
> Dear all,
> I should increase the numbering in my variable names by a certain value (eg 55)
> Eg: r1, r2, r3, r4, r5... should read r56, r57, r58, r59, r60...
>
> Hope somebody can help.
> Thanks in advance,
> Andri
>
> -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Andri Rauch 
> Gesendet: 26 March 2008 12:12
> An: 'statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu'
> Betreff: Creating single characters from long strings
>
> Dear all,
> I should create single characters from very long strings (ie around 500 characters).
> My original variable abcdefg... should be transformed to:
> variable_1: a, variable_2: b, variable_3: c, variable_4: d and so on...
>
> I assume it should be done by combining the substring and foreach command.
>
> Hope that someone can help,
>
> Thanks in advance
> Andri
>
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