Removing first character from a group of variables

[Bibek Sapkota]

Hi,

I want to rename Ebc1 Ewc1 Ebc2 Ewc2 .....................Ebc36 Ewc36

as

bc1 wc1 bc2 wc2 .......................................bc36 wc36

Is it possible to do it at once?

[Joseph Coveney]

Depending upon what other variable names you've got floating around the dataset, you could try something like the following.

rename E* *

Using an older command (which still works) it's

renpfix E