Dear Statalist,
I want to use the following command to rename a variable: rename E7011702 MAR_STATUS_1997.02. It returns the following error message.
too many wildcards in newname
You requested E7011702 be renamed MAR_STATUS_1997.02. There are more wildcards in new than in old.
Wildcards in old and new correspond one-to-one from left-to-right unless you specify explicit subscripts in
new. Anyway, rename ran out of wildcards in old when matching the wildcards in new. Perhaps you just made
a mistake or perhaps you forgot an explicit subscript in new. Or perhaps you forgot to specify option
addnumber, which allows you to specify an extra #, (#), (##), ...
r(198);
Is there any way out? Pls note that I prefer to keep the name exactly MAR_STATUS_1997.02. Thanks in advance.
Regards
Majumder
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