take a look at renvars
findit renvars
I think it has what you want.
STB-60 dm88 . . . . . . . . . Renaming variables, multiply and
systematically
(help renvars if installed) . . . . . . . . . N. J. Cox and J.
Weesie
3/01 pp.4--6; STB Reprints Vol 10, pp.41--44
renames variables by changing prefixes, postfixes, substrings,
or as specified by a user supplied rule
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Radu Ban" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 4:34 PM
Subject: st: easier way to rename?
> I want to rename my variables (which now have long names since they come
> from an excel sheet). I would like to know if there is a quick way to
rename
> a recurring word to an abbreviation.
> For example, a lot of my variables contain the word 'households' and I
would
> like to rename it to 'hh' for easier access later. I know there's renpfix,
> but this only takes care of characters at the start of the variable name.
> Thank you,
>
> Radu Ban
>
>
>
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