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help for {hi:addstub}
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{title:Add prefix to variable names}

{p 8 14}{cmd:addstub} [{it:varlist}] {cmd:,} {cmd:stub(}{it:stub}{cmd:)}


{title:Description}

{p}{cmd:addstub} will add a prefix, or {it:stub} to the name of all variables
in your dataset if {it:varlist} is not specified.  If {it:varlist} is 
specified, {it:stub} will only be added to the variable names in {it:varlist}.


{title:Options}

{p 0 4}{cmd:stub(}{it:stub}{cmd:)} is not optional.  It specifies the prefix
that is to be added to each variable in {it:varlist}. 


{title:Author}

{p 8}Shannon Driver, Stata Corporation{p_end}
{p 8}srd@stata.com{p_end}


{title:Examples}

{p 8 12}{inp:. addstub , stub(XX)}

{p 8 12}{inp:. addstub price weight mpg, stub(XX)}


{title:Also see}

{p 0 19}On-line:  help for {help rename}, {help renpfix}{p_end}