[Qgis-user] Rasterize from non-numeric fields

[Chailloux Mathieu]

Hi all, 

Is there a way to rasterize a vector layer and burn values from a non-numeric fields ? 

For instance let's say I have a land cover layer with a string description for each class. 
I would like to rasterize such field without creating manually a new one. 
I would imagine some feature generating integers for each class/value with such value/integer association and rasterized layer as outputs. 

I guess some SQL request could do it but I would like to have it directly in QGIS. 

Regards, 
Mathieu 

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