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stewartacraig · ‎12-19-2011

Thanks! I will implement this today and see how many variables I can rename.

stewartacraig · ‎12-19-2011

Hi there. Unfortunately, the variable order is not always the same.

stewartacraig · ‎12-18-2011

Thanks, I think I can definitely use something like this to rename some/most of the variables (as in the AGE example) and some guidance on the code would be very useful! However, there are other variable names where there may not be a unique string. I guess for these, I'll just have to manually identify and rename the variables on a case-by-case basis... Cheers, Stew

stewartacraig · ‎12-18-2011

I need to run the same program over many datasets which are similar but do not always use exactly the same variable names to collect the same data. e.g. Age might be collected in all datasets but has a range of variable names: AGE, AGE1, AGE_NUM, CALCAG, AGNUM Is there a program I can run to assist me in identifying variables collecting the same data and applying a generic variable name? Interestingly, the label names are relatively consistent so maybe I can use these...? Thanks, Stew PS. Clearly, I am a SAS novice!

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Program to assist in identifying the same data collected in different ...

Program to assist in identifying the same data collected in different ...

Program to assist in identifying the same data collected in different ...

Program to assist in identifying the same data collected in different ...

Program to assist in identifying the same data collected in different ...

Program to assist in identifying the same data collected in different ...