.
If that was the problem, then -renvars, postdrop(1)- is an alternative.
Sergiy Radyakin
I don't think I understand how you want to transform X42 to X5 based
on your description, but if you'd like to keep two first characters of
the variable names
// begin of file
sysuse auto
ds
local vars `r(varlist)'
foreach var of local vars {
rename `var' `=substr("`var'",1,2)'
}
// end of file
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