can not change variable name after copy-paste

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can not change variable name after copy-paste

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in view 1, i clicked edit -->select all--> copy --> add new view --> paste it to view 2 .

when i begin to change the variable name one by one in view 2, it gives me error ( please see picture below).
It says" left hand must start with current variable". I tried different name but it gives me same error. What does it means? i am very frustated wiith this error. I tried to delete view 2, and start over copy paste-ing but still gives me same error.

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thank you in advance.
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Re: can not change variable name after copy-paste

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The variable name (laju kelahiran.....) must already be in the model.
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Re: can not change variable name after copy-paste

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no....
i am sure no variable named it before, i checked it. Maybe there was, but i have been deleted it.
this is really a bug.
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Re: can not change variable name after copy-paste

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look at this picture.
after i deleted view 2 & 3 ( i want to start over copy-paste-ing), situation become worse because so many variables with suffix 0 , 1, 2, 3 still remains in the model but invisible. I can not delete it, and i can not run my model. i dont have a backup. How to get rid those annoying variables?

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Re: can not change variable name after copy-paste

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Deleting a view does not delete the variables on it.

The only thing you can do is add the problem variables to a new view, and then delete them one by one.
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Re: can not change variable name after copy-paste

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OMG... :x well...

thank you very much for your assistance.
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