rename all words of local

[Felix Stips]

Dear all,

I have trouble finding my way through all possible local manipulations to find what I need. I was wondering how I can rename all variable names stored in a local. Illustration:

local i one two three
di "`i'"
local i one_1 two_1 three_1
di "`i'"

How can I do this without redefining the local from scratch?

Thank you in advance!

[Andrew Musau]

local i one two three
foreach l in `i'{
local k "`k' `l'_1"
}
di "`k'"

Result:

. local i one two three

. 
. foreach l in `i'{
  2. 
. local k "`k' `l'_1"
  3. 
. }

. 
. di "`k'"
 one_1 two_1 three_1

[Felix Stips]

thanks!

[Maarten Buis]

Here is an alternative:

local i one two three
local i : subinstr local i " " "_1 ", all
local i = "`i'_1"
di "`i'"