st: common prefix to all variables

["Hans J. Baumgartner" <hbaumgartner@diw.de>]

Hello statalist,

I would like to give all variables a common prefix.

I thought first of using unab in a foreach loop:

	unab variable : _all
	foreach x in `variablen' {
		rename `x' v_`x'
	}

Although Stata correctly unabbreviates my varlist, I cannot call this 
varlist in a foreach loop nor in a for any loop.

All suggestions are welcomed

Best wishes
Hans


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Hans J. Baumgartner
DIW Berlin
German Institute for Economic Research
Dept. Public Economics
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