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csetzkorn
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

Let us say I have a dataset with 2 columns: Col1 and Col2. Is it possibly to change all column names so that they start with X (Col1 => XCol1, Col2 => XCol2) without having to do this manually?

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Reeza
Super User

Are your original variables sequentially named as in your example?

If yes, then you can use a rename

 

RENAME Col1-Col2 = Xcol1 - Xcol2;

Otherwise, use the SASHELP.VCOLUMN table to generate the rename statement dynamically.

 

Here's an example from a few days ago:

https://communities.sas.com/t5/Base-SAS-Programming/rename-variables/m-p/333964

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