rename : If the variable name is too long, ???

[Han Sujin]

I want to generate 'log wage' , so

gen ln_wage=log(wage)

but Stata display 'invalid name'

because variable name is too long !!!


What can i do???

I don't want to shorten variable name.

[Maarten Buis]

Something else is going on. I can create that variable without problem

. sysuse nlsw88, clear
(NLSW, 1988 extract)

.
. gen ln_wage=log(wage)

.

So what commands did you give before creating that variable? How did you gave those commands? What version of Stata are you using?