That's another way of looking at it...that'll come in handy.
Thanks
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dahlsten Nils-Erik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 08 March 2005 15:30
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: SV: [fme] listexploder transformer
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>
> Hi.
>
> Use a ListSorter (set to Alphabetic, Decreasing), after that the value at
> index 0 of you list will be the one you want to remove. Now you can expose
> the attribute and remove it by using the AttriubteRemover. (You can expose
> list-entries by right-clicking on the listattribute on a transformer and
> "expose" the number of list-elemenst you like, in this case 1 .)
>
> Good luck!
>
> /Nisse
>
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> -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> Fr�n: annettefarrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Skickat: den 7 mars 2005 17:05
> Till: [email protected]
> �mne: [fme] listexploder transformer
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>
> 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
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