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st: Re: referring to groups of variables by suffixes


From   Michael Stewart <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   st: Re: referring to groups of variables by suffixes
Date   Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:48:36 -0500

Dear Statalist reader,

I am working with a large dataset (approx 600 variables) with
different names but some of them end in similar manner

Eg:
procedure__11_procedure_code___i
procedure__11_procedure_date
procedure__11_procedure_or_ind
procedure__11_procedure_tissue_t
procedure__11_procedure_type
procedure__12_procedure_abnormal
procedure__12_procedure_code_icd
procedure__12_procedure_date
procedure__12_procedure_ep_no
procedure__12_procedure_location
procedure__12_procedure_or_ind
procedure__12_procedure_physicia
procedure__12_procedure_tissue_t
procedure__12_procedure_type
procedure__12_procedure_type0
procedure__13_procedure_abnormal
procedure__13_procedure_anes_age
procedure__13_procedure_anes_met
procedure__13_procedure_code_icd
procedure__13_procedure_date

I want to drop variables ending with procedure_tissue_t and
procedure_anes_age. Its tedious to do it for large number of
variables.Can you please suggest a shortcut . Is there  a shortcut to
refer to all variables ending with procedure_tissue_t &
procedure_anes_age.I found shortcuts to refer to variables for
prefixes  but not for suffixes so far.

-- 
Thank you ,
Yours Sincerely,
Mike.
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