[QGIS-Developer] Factorizing a dbf

[Régis Haubourg]

Hi, maybe the field refactor alg' with a "replace()" mixed with a
attribute(get_feature , etc...) looking in the reclassification table could
do?
Cheers
Régis


2018-01-22 13:18 GMT+01:00 Luiz Motta <motta.luiz at gmail.com>:

> Hi Paolo,
>
> A possible insight can be this:
> - Create a table with two columns:  'string from SHP' and 'respective
> number code'.
> - In SHP create the Union with the table above.
> - Use Calculator for populate the new field in SHP with value of code.
>
> Good lucky.
>
>
> 2018-01-22 9:18 GMT-02:00 Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it>:
>
>> Hi all,
>> I have a large shp with a number of repeated strings, and I'd like to
>> refactor it replacing strings with a numeric code. I have found a
>> Processing alg that does it, creating a new file each time, which is
>> cumbersome; moreover, the alg apparently changes field type, adding
>> decimals to reals. Of course I could create a CASE statement, but this
>> is also cumbersome.
>> Is there a more straightforward way?
>> Thanks.
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