Donna,
thank you very much for your answer.
Sadly what you suggest doesn't work - or maybe you misunderstood what
I wanted to achieve :-)
field=Replace(field, field, "other-positions", "positions")
field=Replace(field, field, "other-connections", "connections")
field=Replace(field, field, "other-data", "data")
field=Remove(field, {"other-positions", "other-connections", "other-data")
is equivalent to
field=Rename(field, "other-positions", "positions")
field=Rename(field, "other-connections", "connections")
field=Rename(field, "other-data", "data")
In both cases the problem remains that the attributes are preserved.
So the new 'connections' component has an attribute 'ref' with the
value 'other-positions' and not 'positions'. The new 'data' component
has an attribute 'dep' with the value 'other-positions' which should
now be 'positions'.
In order to fix this, I have to
data=Extract(field,"data")
data=Options(data,"dep","positions")
field=Replace(field,data,"data","data")
and the same for the connection component.
So again, is there a shorter/easier way to achieve the overall result?
Torsten
Donna L Gresh wrote:
You might try Replace instead of Rename. I think the syntax is
Replace(your-6-field, your-6-field, "positions", "other-positions");
//or maybe the last two switched
this should preserve the attributes (I think :)
Donna L. Gresh, Ph.D.
Optimization and Mathematical Software Group
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
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Hi,
I have a field with 6 components:
-positions
-connections
-data
-other_positions
-other_connections
-other_data
where the first and last three components each belong together. I'd
like to visualize the two datasets separately, basically splitting
this into two fields with 3 components each.
What I do at the moment to visualise the 'other_' dataset is: Rename
other_positions to positions, other_connections to connections and
other_data to data. The problem is that afterwards I still have to fix
the attributes 'ref' of connections and 'dep' of data to point to the
correct component and not to the 'other_' component. This takes each
an Extract, Options, Replace cycle.
This works but looks and feels a bit convoluted to me. Is there an
easier way?
Thanks a lot for your help.
Torsten
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