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Language: Rename Statement

Maurice HT Ling edited this page Dec 6, 2015 · 3 revisions

Rename an object or a series/label name within a data frame.

Syntax:

  1. RENAME SERIES IN ID FROM id_value TO id_value: Renaming a series name within a data frame.

  2. RENAME LABELS IN ID FROM id_value TO id_value: Renaming a label name within a data frame.

where

  • ID is the name of object or data frame
  • id_value is the name to be changed

Example:

# Set relative current working directory and load a CSV file
set rcwd data
load csv STI_2015.csv as STI

# Renaming 'Open' series in STI from 'Open' to 'OpenDup'
rename series in STI from Open to OpenDup

# Renaming '1/11/1988' label in STI from '1/11/1988' to 'dummydate'
rename labels in STI from '1/11/1988' to dummydate

Advanced Topics

  1. Bytecodes generated are:
    • renameseries
    • renamelabels