ListPopper - what would that do? I might be misunderstanding but instead of manipulating the list before exploding why not explode everything, use a CharacterCodeExtractor to grab the first character and then a Tester to see if it is an S.
Mark Mark Ireland, Product Support Engineer Safe Software Inc. Surrey, BC, CANADA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.safe.com Solutions for Spatial Data Translation, Distribution and Access > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Birch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 10:39 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: annettefarrell > Subject: RE: [fme] listexploder transformer > > Hi, > > I don't know if this is any more efficient than the method > you're using, but... I've attached a workspace that uses a > Grepper with the expression ^([^S]*)(.*)$ to split out the > first part of the string from the symbol code then does a > ListExploder to generate the individual features. > There are a couple intermediate steps to clean up the text > list before doing the ListExploder. > > There are a few cases where features get dropped by the > ListExploder, but as long as each feature entering this > workspace has at least two items (ID and SYMBOL) in the list, > you should be OK. > > Note for Safe: This would be a lot easier there was a > ListPopper transformer (from either end). Not sure how this > would work with multi-attribute lists though. > > Jason > > > -----Original Message----- > From: annettefarrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 08:05 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [fme] listexploder transformer > > > > > Hi, > > I'm wondering is there an easier way to use listexploder transformer? > > I was to output everything but the last element of a list. The last > element of the list will differ from the other elements in > that it will > always begin with S e.g. 3102, 3128, S013 > > Length of the list will vary. > > Here's a bit more detail. > > I have (Irish) ntf data with point data with an attribute > feature_code_list. Basically this same as UK ntf data but points and > lines are not represented on multiple layers so this needs to be > handled. > > Let's say for example the value of this feature_code_list > attribute for > one point is 3102, 3128, S013 > > I want to output 2 point features > Associating the symbol information S013 with each point. The > attribute > beginning with S is the symbol information. It will always > be the last > element in the list. > > I can do this for a list of 3 elements in a convoluted manner using a > tester to compute length of lists etc. > What I've been doing in the > is computing the length of the list > getting the index number of the last element of the list: > length of list > -1 and using a tester to compute if the length of the list > 2 and the > index number is >=2 > > Instead of hardcoding the value 2 I can using a value based on the > length of the feature list so that the method will work where the > FEATURE_CODE_LIST attribute contains more or less than 3 pieces of > information. > > There should be a better way to do this. Will the above method impact > on performace? > > Here are my ideas: > > Would using a grepper transformer to check if the list attribute > contains a character S? > > I tried using Attribute Classifier but don't think integer will do the > trick. > > Or what is the best method to use the listexploder, exploding > everything > but the last element of the list? > > Any thoughts would be appreciated. > > Thanks > > A > > > > > > > > > > Get the maximum benefit from your FME, FME Objects, or > SpatialDirect via > our Professional Services team. Visit www.safe.com/services for > details. > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > Get the maximum benefit from your FME, FME Objects, or > SpatialDirect via our Professional Services team. Visit > www.safe.com/services for details. > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > Get the maximum benefit from your FME, FME Objects, or SpatialDirect via our Professional Services team. Visit www.safe.com/services for details. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fme/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
