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Chapter 8
Figure 8-3
Selecting pairs of variables with Ctrl-click
Add Cases: Rename
You can rename variables from either the working data file or the external file before
moving them from the unpaired list to the list of variables to be included in the
merged data file. Renaming variables enables you to:
 Use the variable name from the external file rather than the name from the
working data file for variable pairs.
 Include two variables with the same name but of unmatched types or different
string widths. For example, to include both the numeric variable sex from the
workingdatafileandthestringvariablesex from the external file, one of them
must be renamed first.