splitrename

Rename a series of indicators from a categorical variable and re-label each according to the original variable’s value label.

Installing via net install

The current version is still a work in progress. To install, user can use the net install command to download from the project’s Github page:

net install splitrename, from("https://aarondwolf.github.io/splitrename")

Syntax

    splitrename varlist [if], oldname(varname)  newname(varname)

Description

splitrename takes a list of variables in varlist with a common stub (specified by oldname) and renames them, changing all instances of oldname to newname in all variable names and labels.

Options

• oldname(varname) specifies the stub common to all variables in varlist.
• newname(varname) specifies the new stub that will replace oldname

Examples

Let’s say you have three variables, c1, c1_1, and c1_2 (for example, if c1 was split). You want to rename them all var, var_1, and var_2. The command you would use is:

.  splitrename c1 c1_1 c1_2, oldname(c1) newname(var)

Stored results

splitrename stores the following in r():

Locals

• r(varlist) - all variables specified by varlist
• r(newvars) - all new variable names generated by splitrename

Authors

Aaron Wolf, Northwestern University aaron.wolf@u.northwestern.edu