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st: RE: RE: Foreach and rename


From   "Martin Weiss" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   st: RE: RE: Foreach and rename
Date   Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:52:27 +0200

With this proposal, you have less hassle, so use this one before you try
mine :-) I would be very careful though as -capture- suppresses any error
that occurs along the way. So with a more complicated -numlist- to loop
over, my solution would probably let you sleep better at night :-)

HTH
Martin

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kieran McCaul
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 2:39 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: RE: Foreach and rename


forvalues i=1/9 {
 capture rename moi0`i'008 date_modif_`i'
 }

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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
[email protected]
Sent: Monday, 25 August 2008 8:28 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: Foreach and rename

Dear all, 

I'd like to change the name of many variables in this way:

 rename moi01008 date_modif_1
 rename moi02008 date_modif_2
 rename moi03008 date_modif_3
 rename moi05008 date_modif_5
 rename moi06008 date_modif_6
 rename moi09008 date_modif_9

I'd like to use a loop, like 

  forvalues i=1/9 {
 rename moi0`i'008 date_modif_`i'
 }

But it doesn't work : "invalid syntax"

Even if this loop works, I have a problem with the value i=4,7 and 8 for
which moi0`i' does not exist.

How can I do ?

Thanks 

Alvine

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