rename variables with foreach (getting rid of prefix)

[Nicole Bursztyn]

Dear all,

I have a data set which contains many variables e.g. with a country prefix: "mexiko_variablename", I would like to rename this variable without the name of the country in front of it.

the normal way would just be
rename mexiko_variablename variablename

However, I have plenty of those variables and I would like to do it with a loop. Can someone tell me how this loop would look like?

Many thanks in advance

[daniel klein]

Stata questions should be posted to the General forum;

No loops needed here.

rename mexiko_* *

or, enhancing readability

rename (mexiko_*) (*)

Best
Daniel