Date:         Tue, 9 Sep 2008 12:39:06 -0400
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From:         "NOMAIL Roger S. Clark" <roger.s.clark@CENSUS.GOV>
Subject:      Re: renaming a field
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Hi, Heena;

I have had success with this.

data final;
set test;
rename Company = name;
run;


> -----Original Message-----
> From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of hd
> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 8:27 AM
> To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: renaming a field
>
> Hi I am really stuck have been trying to find some solution but to no
> avail.
>
> I have a dataset called test, I want to rename some of the fields.
>
> For example instead of Company i would like to rename it as name
>
> I am trying this command below but the field doesnt change. Does
> anyone know how to do this?
>
> data final (rename = (Company = name));
> set test;
> run;
>
> Many Thanks
> Heena


Thanx,
Roger S. Clark
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