1.0.1 8jul2009updates install description authornodestring optionsType which autorename at the Stata prompt to determine which version you have installed. To install the most recent version of autorename, copy/paste the following line of code:
net install autorename, from("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/reifjulian/autorename/master") replace
To install the version that was uploaded to SSC, copy/paste the following line of code:
ssc install autorename, replace
These two versions are typically synced, but occasionally the SSC version may be slightly out of date.
autorename is a Stata command that renames variables using a row of data. This can be useful when reading oddly formatted datasets.
For more details, see the Stata help file included in this package.
Julian Reif
University of Illinois
jreif@illinois.edu