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st: Renaming variables
From
Richard Moverare <[email protected]>
To
statalist <[email protected]>
Subject
st: Renaming variables
Date
Mon, 13 Jan 2014 12:14:44 +0100
Dear Statalist,
I have a minor problem renaming some variables. I am sure there is
some simple solution, but at the moment I can't find it. I have a
dataset with variables named as follows:
VAR02_1
VAR02_2
VAR02_3
VAR03
VAR04c
VAR05_1
VAR05_2
and so on
The structure is VARXX and then sometimes a few more characters. I
would like to change these numbers, i.e. XX, by increasing there value
with, say 12. The characters following XX should not be changed. So
that, in my example, I get:
VAR14_1
VAR14_2
VAR14_3
VAR15
VAR16c
VAR17_1
VAR17_2
and so on
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
All the best, Rick
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