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[FME 2011] String padder doesn't work

  • June 27, 2013
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Hi folks,

 

 

I have a simple workbench taking an ArcSDE spatial table as input. In this table, I have a string field I want to fill with 2 digits. This field already has values, but a lot of them are only coded on 1 digits (1,Z,a...).

 

I thought of insert a left pad and replace this pad with a digit of my choice (0 or Z) to make my field homogeneous.

 

 

But the StringPadder doesn't work... :-( At now, I don't have a writer, I'm only working with visualizer to see the potential result, and it's always wrong, I mean values still have the same length.

 

 

Does it make sense ? Any idea ?

 

Thanks a lot,

 

François

Best answer by takashi

Hi Francois,

 

 

I cannot reproduce your situation, the StringPadder of FME 2013 works successfully. If the StringPadder does not work anyway, try the StringFormatter instead. 

 

 

Takashi
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  • takashiCelebrity
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  • June 27, 2013
Hi Francois,

 

 

I cannot reproduce your situation, the StringPadder of FME 2013 works successfully. If the StringPadder does not work anyway, try the StringFormatter instead. 

 

 

Takashi
Why not inspect features with Visual/Data Preview and Feature/Record Information before writing them into a destination dataset?
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  • georobinne
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  • June 27, 2013
Hi Takashi,

 

 

Thanks a lot for the trick. It worked !

 

 

Cheers,

 

françois

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