Re: [Gretl-devel] Variable names in summary statistics (and similar)
In that case I think Artur's suggestion is the right one:
radically shorten the
variable names in some systematic fashion, then reconstruct them
algorithmically in your preferred final format. So for example:
series MAU = MA_Utility
and also shorten the suffix tags:
MA_Utility_MAE -> MAU001
allowing you to encode 999 tags in a 6-character name ;-)
Allin
Although there is a clear mapping than, I need to check tables all the while ... but it is
workable. Is there a way to "rename" a series rather than to copy it? And I
would need to automate it somehow ... I have to think about how to do so. Is there a way
to string-substitute parts or do you have an idea how to do so in gretl/hansl? Like
string_replace(Input,"MA_Utility","MAU") #in Input replace each
occurrence of "MA_Utility" with "U", if any.
so I could use it in a loop?
Far more simple would be the truncation of too long names to ID_xyz however ;)
Many thanks