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Re: st: Remove portion of a number at the end of a variable name


From   Steve Nakoneshny <[email protected]>
To   "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject   Re: st: Remove portion of a number at the end of a variable name
Date   Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:48:40 -0700

David,

I mistyped. I meant to say -h rename groups-. The amped up -rename- in Stata 12 can do what you require without needing to resort to a loop solution.

Steve

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On 2012-12-19, at 5:02 PM, "David Torres" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks for your suggestion, Steve.
> 
> I would, however, like to avoid using Stata's standard -reshape- command since it does not preserve variable labels.  Instead, I'm using the user-written command -longshape-.
> 
> A few lines of code to just drop those pesky zeros before single digit years is preferred if you can provide it.
> 
> Diego
> 
> 
> --
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> David Diego Torres, PhD
> NSF SBE Postdoctoral Research Fellow
> Houston Education Research Consortium
> Rice University
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> 
> ----------------------------------------
>> From: [email protected]
>> To: [email protected]
>> Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:45:50 -0700
>> Subject: Re: st: Remove portion of a number at the end of a variable name
>> 
>> David,
>> 
>> Look at -h reshape group-. It will give you the syntax you need to rename your var appropriately with a minimum of pain.
>> 
>> Steve
>> 
>> Sent via carrier pigeon
>> 
>> On 2012-12-19, at 4:42 PM, "David Torres" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello, Stata experts,
>>> 
>>> I have about 260 variables with two-digit numbers (representing years) following the variable stub in the following form:
>>> 
>>> 08
>>> 09
>>> 
>>> Before reshaping the data to long format, I need to get rid of the 0 between the variable stub and the year.
>>> 
>>> For instance, how can I get these variables:
>>> 
>>> yrid08
>>> yrcampus08
>>> testdate08
>>> dob08
>>> 
>>> into this form:
>>> 
>>> yrid8
>>> yrcampus8
>>> testdate8
>>> dob8
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance for any help,
>>> Diego
>>> 
>>> --
>>> 
>>> David Diego Torres, PhD
>>> NSF SBE Postdoctoral Research Fellow
>>> Houston Education Research Consortium
>>> Rice University
>>> 6100 Main Street, MS-28
>>> Houston, TX 77005
>>> Phone: 713-348-2984
>>> Email: ddtorres at rice dot edu
>>> 
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