Hi
I'm having some difficulty in using forval and foreach commands and was hoping for some help with the syntax please.
Previously i've been renaming variables manually en masse using the following code:
rename r2mobila mobila_1994
rename r3mobila mobila_1996
rename r4mobila mobila_1998
.etc..
rename r10mobila mobila_2010
i.e. '2' corresponds with '1994', '3' with '1996' etc.
I've tried using the following command but i get an r(111) error:
forval i = 2/10 {
forval j = 1994/2010 {
foreach k in r`i'mobila {
rename `k' mobila_`j'
}
}
}
I don't think I've managed to link '2' with '1994' and '3' with '1996' properly.
I have to do this technique for many variables and so used this case as an example.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Kind regards
Oliver
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