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help for rensheet
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Renaming and relabeling variables and values in a spreadsheet format

Syntax

      rensheet [varlist] using filename [, label val(varlist) do run { append
                | replace }]

    options               Description
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      do                  execute do file immediately
      run                 execute do file immediately and suppress screen
                            output
      label               edit variable labels as well as variable names
      val                 edit value labels for specified variables
      append              append generated code to existing do file
      replace             replace existing do file
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Description

rensheet facilitates renaming, and optionally relabeling, variables (and
optionally their values) by opening an instance of Stata's Data Editor, a
spreadsheet format where new values may be typed over old.  A filename is
specified via using where the do-file that implements all changes is to be
saved.  The resulting file can also be executed immediately via the do or run
options.

rensheet typed without varlist opens a spreadsheet with all variable names on
the data in memory, any of which can be selected and changed.  The option label
allows editing variable labels in addition to variable names. The option val
allows editing value labels for selected variables as well.

Author

    Austin Nichols
    Urban Institute
    Washington, DC, USA
    austinnichols@gmail.com

Also see

 Manual:  [U] 11.3  Naming conventions and [U] 12.6  Dataset, variable, and
              value labels

 On-line: edit, label, labelbook, rename,  labutil (on SSC)