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From | Nick Cox <n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk> |
To | "'statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu'" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
Subject | st: RE: rename with if |
Date | Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:24:12 +0100 |
Looking at the question again, the core is foreach var of varlist _all { if "`var'" != "idnr" rename `var' `k'_`var' } Picking up an idea from Fernando Rios Avila [f.rios.a@gmail.com], and adding another, this might as well be rename (*) (`k'_*) rename `k'_idnr idnr bearing in mind that in Stata 12 -- which you are presumed to use unless you flag otherwise -- -rename- has a bunch of new features that allow renaming of multiple variables. Nick n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk Tomas Lind I want to rename all my variables (in lots of datasets) except the first variable which is idnr. The problem with the syntax below is that "if is not allowed". Someone have a solution to this? /Tomas levelsof atc , local(cat) foreach k of local cat { preserve use "G:\ATC-dataset_`k'" , clear foreach var of varlist _all { rename `var' `k'_`var' if `var' != "idnr" } save "G: \ATC-dataset_`k'" , replace restore } * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/