How can you use it the null attribute as a replacment value?  

The string replacer transformer only gives the replacment value as an
actual text string...and not an attribute value?


--- In [email protected], "mark2atsafe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I thought you could simply replace it with nothing, but it appears to
> not work (no longer work?) this way. The transformer won't accept a
> blank replacement value.
> 
> What you can do is create a dummy attribute that is null (contains
> nothing). Then use that as the replacement value. That works OK for me.
> 
> Mark
> 
> Mark Ireland, Senior Product Specialist
> Safe Software Inc. Surrey, BC, CANADA
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.safe.com
> Solutions for Spatial Data Translation, Distribution and Access
> 
> --- In [email protected], "kcheng888_007" <kcheng888_007@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi All, 
> > 
> > Anyone know how to replace a comma in a number using the substring
> > replacer?
> > 
> > ie.
> > INPUT
> > DATASET_SCALE attribute such as 
> > 1,000
> > 5,000
> > 10,000
> > 20,000
> > 
> > OUTPUT should be
> > 1000
> > 5000
> > 10000
> > 20000
> > 
> > I've tried using the substring replacer but didn't have much 
> > success.
> > 
> > Any suggestion?
> >
>






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