StringFormatter

Specify the attribute(s) to reformat.

Provide the Tcl format command for reformatting the specified attributes. The syntax is:

  [flags][width][precision]<type>

Note: A preceding percent sign (%) is not part of the format string.

Flag Characters:

One or more of the following flag characters can be specified:

0   The value should be padded with zeroes instead of spaces.

-    The value should be padded on the right-hand side. (The default is to pad on the left.)

+   The numeric value should always be signed.

Field Width:

The optional field width is given as a decimal number. If the value has fewer characters than the field width, it will be padded with spaces.

Field Precision:

The optional precision is given as a period followed by a decimal number.

Attribute Type:

One of the following attribute types must be specified. The attribute value will be converted to the given type, if possible.

d   Integer

e   Decimal number (scientific notation: -d.ddde+dd)

f    Decimal number (floating-point notation: -ddd.ddd)

o   Octal number

x    Hexadecimal number

s   String

Examples:

If the source attribute contains the value spuds the following format strings will give the following results:

Format	Result
8s	spuds
-08s	spuds000

If the source attribute contains the value 12345.6789 the following format strings will give the following results:

Format	Result
e	1.234568e+004
.2f	12345.68
10.2f	12345.68
015s	0000012345.6789

If the source attribute contains the value 1234 the following format strings will give the following results:

Format	Result
x	4d2
4.4f	1234.0000
+06d	+01234

Using the Text Editor

The Text Editor provides a convenient way to construct text strings (including regular expressions) from various data sources, such as attributes, parameters, and constants, where the result is used directly inside a parameter.

Text Editor

Using the Arithmetic Editor

The Arithmetic Editor provides a convenient way to construct math expressions from various data sources, such as attributes, parameters, and feature functions, where the result is used directly inside a parameter.

Arithmetic Editor

Conditional Values

Set values depending on one or more test conditions that either pass or fail.

Parameter Condition Definition Dialog

Content

Expressions and strings can include a number of functions, characters, parameters, and more.

When setting values - whether entered directly in a parameter or constructed using one of the editors - strings and expressions containing String, Math, Date/Time or FME Feature Functions will have those functions evaluated. Therefore, the names of these functions (in the form @<function_name>) should not be used as literal string values.

Row Reordering	Enabled once you have clicked on a row item. Choices include: Add a row Remove a row Move current row up one Move current row down one Move current row to top Move current row to bottom
Cut, Copy, and Paste	Enabled once you have clicked on a row item. Choices include: Cut a row - delete and copy to clipboard Copy a row to the clipboard Paste a row from the clipboard Cut, copy, and paste may be used within a transformer, or between transformers.
Filter	Start typing a string, and the matrix will only display rows matching those characters. Searches all columns. This only affects the display of attributes within the transformer - it does not alter which attributes are output.
Import	Import populates the table with a set of new attributes read from a dataset. Specific application varies between transformers.
Reset/Refresh	Generally resets the table to its initial state, and may provide additional options to remove invalid entries. Behavior varies between transformers.

Note: Not all tools are available in all transformers.