Thanks Scott,
I tried your code and it worked perfectly. However, when I tried to use a
numerical prefix, it gave me the following error message:
foreach var of varlist * {
2. rename `var' 95_`var'
3. }
95_district invalid name
r(198);
Any idea why this is happening? I'm sure its simple & I'm just too unfamiliar
with the code. I'll read up more on "foreach".
Thanks,
Reza
Quoting [email protected]:
> foreach var of varlist * {
> rename `var' foo_`var'
> }
>
> Hope this helps,
> Scott
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: [email protected]
> Date: Thursday, July 1, 2004 1:59 pm
> Subject: Re: st: Two digit prefix to variables
>
> > Regarding my earlier message:
> >
> > I wanted to add that I am not looking to type "rename var 95var"
> > for every
> > variable. I would like to write and use a program to effect the
> > change.
> > Thanks,
> > Reza
> >
> > Quoting [email protected]:
> >
> > > Dear Statalisters,
> > >
> > > Could you please help me work out how to attach a two digit
> > numerical prefix
> > > to
> > > all my variables? I am preparing to append surveys from
> > different dates but
> > > that have the same variable names, and I would like to
> > distinguish between
> > > them
> > > by adding a two digit year prefix (e.g. hhid becomes 95hhid).
> > This will be
> > > done
> > > before appending the datasets, so that when I do append I can
> > distinguish> between the variables.
> > >
> > > I have not yet taken the Stata programming course (hope to
> > soon), so I'm
> > > unsure
> > > where to start.
> >
>
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