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Bring back StringPairReplacer

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  • February 28, 2026
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takashi
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StringPairReplacer has been deprecated at FME 2025.2.

However, there are use cases where StringPairReplacer would be farther convenient than StringReplacer.

For instance, sometimes we have to replace multi-byte alpha-numeric characters with single-byte ones. In StringPairReplacer, it's easy to set replacement pairs, as in:

A A B B C C D D E E F F G G H H I I J J K K L L M M N N O O P P Q Q R R S S T T U U V V W W X X Y Y Z Z a a b b c c d d e e f f g g h h i i j j k k l l m m n n o o p p q q r r s s t t u u v v w w x x y y z z 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9

How can you perform the same replacement with StringReplacer? Not impossible but you will have to define 62 replace strings rows. Too tedious!

I strongly hope StringPairReplacer will be back!

 

[Addition] Alternatively, it would be great if StringReplacer would have "Replace String Pair" mode, in order to perform the pair replacement with this setting.

Text to Replace: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Replacement Text: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9