Renaming a variable

[a_matharu]

Hello everyone; 

I am a new SAS user and am trying to create a data analysis project using SAS. I tried renaming a variable with the name "No-Show" to "Show". I tried using all the renaming methods but was not able to change the name of the variable. Kindly guide me on how I can do this. Your help is appreciated.

here is the code I wrote-

options validvarname=any;
libname aman "/home/u58428058/Aman2023";

data apt_data1 (rename=(no-show=show));
set aman.apt_data;
run;

this is the error I am getting-

68

69 data apt_data1 (rename=(no-show=show));

ERROR: no does not have a numeric suffix.

70 set aman.apt_data;

71 run;

kindly help.

[Kurt_Bremser]

For such names, you need to use a name literal:

data apt_data1 (rename=('no-show'n=show));

[a_matharu]

Thank you for your kind reply.