Re: st: Stata 12 bug report: -rename- with wild card (*) used in do-file

[daniel klein <klein.daniel.81@googlemail.com>]

Gundi,

can you show exactly what your do-file code looks like, or even better
show an example, replicating the problem?

This works in interactive mode, as well as in a do-file for me

clear
forv j = 1/10 {
    g foo_bar`j' = .
}

ren (*_*) (*1_*)

Omitting parentheses is not a problem either. I am using Stata 12 on a
WinXP machine.

Best
Daniel

-- 
Hey folks

I was planning to use -renpfix- to change a series of variable
prefixes in my data file but noted that users are pointed toward using
-rename- instead. Fine .. Now, the issue is that I found that the
following command does the desired renames if I execute it
interactively in Stata 12, but not when I include it in a do-file:

rename *_* *1_*
The error message suggests the wild card * is an invalid name"=.
Am I missing something?
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