I'm converting a batch of shp from one MCD to another. I can easily map 80% of the fields without any problem. But for the output MCD I need to generate a new primary key based on a concatenation of a string and a three digit increment. I've tried modifying the value (in the feature type dialog box) using the text editor, and 'string_'@Count() - this sort of works it produces 'string_1' etc but i need 'string_001' etc. Also, I already use Count() in another field which seems to confuse FME - This is probably very easy, but I'm new FME...
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Generating a new primary key based on a concatenation of a string and a three digit increment
Best answer by redgeographics
You can add a Format function to it, like this:
string_@Format(%03d,@Count())This will left-pad the count with zeroes to 3 characters.
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You can add a Format function to it, like this:
string_@Format(%03d,@Count())This will left-pad the count with zeroes to 3 characters.
You can add a Format function to it, like this:
string_@Format(%03d,@Count())This will left-pad the count with zeroes to 3 characters.
Thanks that helped a lot!
To summarize:
I started with string_@Format(%03d,@Count()) - but I still had problems as I used multiple instances of Count() in the table.
So in end I used a Counter before my file writer (to avoid using Count() multiple times. So in the end I used this:
'string_@Format(%03d,@Value(_count))'