Date:         Thu, 9 May 2002 07:56:30 -0400
Reply-To:     Howard Schuman <hschuman@umich.edu>
Sender:       "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Howard Schuman <hschuman@umich.edu>
Subject:      changing variable names
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Is there a command to add a constant letter (e.g., "b") to every
variable name in a file, prior to merging it with another related file,
rather than adding it one variable at a time?    thanks, h.s.