Questions tagged [string]
A sequence of characters.
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Making new field with formatted values in QGIS
I have a column called "Kiinteistötunnus". The values are in the form 73479400010025.
Values in the whole column should be changed to form 734-794-0001-0025.
The data type is Integer64. ...
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Is it possible to overline labels / text / strings in QGIS 3.x?
I would like to overline the denominator in these fractions.
Underlining the numerator would result in too short a line when the numerator is shorter than the denominator.
The numbers in this image ...
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Alternate view to normal view in attribute table [closed]
I have somehow accidentally changed how my attribute table looks and I dont know how to get it to go back to the original state has anyone any idea how to change?
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psycopg2 cursor.copy_expert() BadCopyFileFormat: extra data after last expected column when writing WKB data
I am trying to write a WKB representation (i.e. a binary string) of a Shapely Polygon into a PostgreSQL/PostGIS database using psycopg2 cursor.copy_expert() for a bulk insert.
I narrowed down the ...
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Geopackage in QGIS: Search and replace in all attribute fields at once
The context
I have a Geopackage file opened in QGIS. It was created by importing a CSV file. However, when importing, something regarding encoding went wrong: I have several special characters like ...
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Removing file type from attribute table in QGIS
I imported a shapefile that contains track plots of SGY files into QGIS, and I would like to remove '.sgy' from the file names in the attribute table.
In the image, I've highlighted the section of ...
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Double "foreach" - replace text in string when matching text in list using FME
I have a dataset containing texts for translation using Azure's Cognitive Services, and another dataset containing the names of points of interests (and their geolocations). Multiple matches can occur....
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How to use WFS to update the value of a field to an empty string '', not Null？
I tried to set a field value of a feature to an empty string '' via WFS, but I didn't find a way to make it happen. I use the WFS protocol to send to Geoserver.
I tried the following three methods:
1.
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Replace all but coordinates from a WKT string, including closing bracket ')'
To get a list of coordinates from a polygon and remove unwanted parts from the resulting string, the following expression works fine to remove the string elements 'Polygon', spaces and opening ...
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Extracting number with letter from the address string in QGIS [closed]
I have the following address examples to extract:
4A MANOR FARM CLOSE
38A OXFORD ROAD
56A BISHOPSTONE
and after using the following codes:
regexp_substr( "Address L2", '(\\d*) ' )
or
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Extracting part of string from two columns at once in QGIS
I would like to extract numbers from two columns at once because I have the situation you see below.
regexp_substr(regexp_substr("Address L1", '(\\d*) ')("Address L2"), '(\\d*)')
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Extracting two last characters (numbers) doesn't work properly in QGIS
I have the string CBG/FON/BCK-STO/A1/FDJ10 and I would like to extract the 2 last numbers (sometimes one, sometimes three).
I found some hint here: Splitting string (the last digits) in QGIS
but it ...
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Replace using regular expression in QGIS: how to mask a dot (point)?
In QGIS, I have a string with the pattern (1 character)(1 character)(dot)(number with 1 or more digits).
How can I use regexp_replace() to get the number only?
I tried regexp_replace('ab.27',('(\\D\\D(...
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Separating characters using Python Parser of Field Calculator in ArcMap [closed]
How can I separate the characters of a string, for example, three by three with slash letters or dashes and insert them in the Attribute table in ArcMap?
abc-def-gh
a100-b200-c300
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Retrieve values seperated by comma's in QGIS column
What is the simplest way to retrieve each value to a new column from a string with values separated by commas in QGIS?
My data look kind of like this:
STRING
-----------
wp1,wp2,wp3
but I want
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QGIS select by expression based on different elements concatenated inside a string
Using the field filter or advanced filter expression in the attribute table of QGIS, I want to select features that have values in the first three levels and exclude features that values other than ...
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Labelling with first letter taken from each word in string using QGIS
I have a field called "Species" which is composed by two words (e.g. 'Robinia pseudoacacia') and I would like to extract the first letter of both the words in order to get two letters (e.g. '...
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Extract numbers from mixed string (numbers & text) in QGIS
In QGIS 3.18. There are several similar questions such as this one which do not address my exact problem.
I have an attribute of comma-concatenated values containing text and numbers. I would like to ...
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Removing part of string from the right in QGIS
I am trying to remove the last piece of my string in QGIS.
I want to delete the E10 from the end.
I tried both:
How to easily edit attribute data using Regular Expressions?
regexp_replace("UPRN&...
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Getting percentage of string values for point layer within polygons of another one
I have two layers. One with polygons of areas of a city. Another one - with points corresponding to buildings. In point layer there is a field with the names of management companies of that buildings. ...
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Inserting words from field into new column in QGIS
Is there any good expression to extract the first word of a field and put it into a new column? I would like to create a new column without the numeric values and filter out words that are doubled.
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Counting elements in comma-separated string in attribute table in QGIS
One of my column in an attribute table in QGIS is separated by comma (shown by column "N") and I wanted to count elements in it. The column is a text field string.
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Splitting string with dates by '/'-character and getting ancient/latest date as new column in QGIS
I have dates separated by '/' character in column "date" in format RRMMDD as on the screenshot below:
I want to separate dates into another columns "date_from", "date_to"...
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QGIS 3 batch processing - INPUT value not correct when autofill
I want to batch process with Clip function (also problem with any other). I have several input layers. I would like to autofill the output Clipped parameter with name of the input feature and _clipped ...
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Compare strings, extract unique values from one (QGIS)
In QGIS 3.18. I am looking for a field calculator expression able to return the values of a string (comma separated) in Field B which are not* also values of a string in Field A. For example:
Field ...
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Removing duplicates from string in QGIS
In QGIS 3.18 in a shapefile attribute table, I have some fields with concatenated values (with commas , as the delimiter). Some of the values are duplicate, and I would like to remove them.
For ...
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Inserting space into string using ArcMap Field Calculator
I am using ArcMap 10.7.1.
I want to insert a space into a string between specific parts of the string using Field Calculator:
!FIELD! .replace("F'target", "F 'target")
Neither 'F' ...
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Extracting number from address string using QGIS
I have a table with addresses and I need to extract only the number from the attributes.
The format is as follows:
address
VALLEY VIEW HOUSE, 36 HIGH VIEW, USHAW MOOR, DH7 7QQ
35 HIGH VIEW, USHAW ...
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PyQGIS 'str' object has no attribute 'fields' [closed]
I'm trying to write my first Python script from template in QGIS. I want to delete all fields except specific ones. Therefore I create a list to fill it with all the field names except the specific ...
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How to input a string (or any type) value to a field for multiple feature layers at once
I work in ArcMap 10.8.1. I added fields to all of my feature layers using Batch Add Field tool. Now I'm trying to find a way to enter values into those fields. Values are identical for each field.
My ...
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Changing strings with no decimals to have .0 at the end
I have a points layer with a "Name" column.
The "Name" values are strings and similar to
'X501', 'X501.1', and 'X501.2'.
I need to change any values like 'X501' to 'X501.0' and ...
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What VBScript can I use to populate a field with text using the ArcGIS field calculator?
I need to populate one field in the attribute table of a File Geodatabase with text. Every entry in the field is set to a Null value and text entry isn't conditional upon any other factor. Every entry ...
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How to use ArcMap python to parse int from a (part of a) string?
I'm using the ArcMap Field Calculator to parse the year from a field GLVertra_1 with values like this:
1992/05/13
or more generally YYYY/MM/DD, but also containing empty cells (or cells appearing ...
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Inserting additional text into string field with the Field Calculator in QGIS
In QGIS 3.18.3, I have a GeoPackage attribute table containing a string field that I will call "FIELD_1". All records within "FIELD_1" take the form of a_a_a_a_a, where a = ...
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TerraClimate: Error generating chart: Data column(s) for axis #0 cannot be of type string
I am using "TerraClimate: Monthly Climate and Climatic Water Balance for Global Terrestrial Surfaces, University of Idaho" dataset...
When I try my code, I have this error message Error ...
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FME: how to replace a character at a specific index?
Suppose I've a string foo,
How can I change the 3rd character (identified by its index) ?
The Ruby equivalent would be
# Define the variable string and assign the value 'bar'
string = 'foo' #=&...
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Bounding Areas using Feature Collection values (RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017)
I'm pretty new to the Earth Engine and have been working through some of the tutorials to familiarize myself with it. I have very little code experience.
What I am trying to accomplish is creating a ...
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Changing number of decimal places of a String variable within a Vector Layer using PyQGIS
I have earthquake data and within the data, there are magnitude, longitude and latitude values. However, these values have around 6/7 decimal places but I would like to only have 2 decimal places for ...
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What is the maximum number of characters for a label in QGIS 3?
I am trying to determine the maximum number of characters for a label in QGIS 3. I am at over 1,000 characters and it does not display. Is there another way to display text on a map with a large ...
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Deleting any characters after certain character in QGIS label expression
I have a shapefile with attribute values like this:
C834
K9
L523;L553
W2,T48
I want to display only the characters before certain characters, for example ; and , :
C834
K9
L523
W2
How to achieve ...
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How to use label maximum line length for word wrapping in QGIS 3
I am confused on how to use the maximum line length for word wrapping a label in QGIS 3. The dialog and documentation show an option to "Wrap lines to" and then allow selecting "Maximum ...
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Cannot convert '#value!" to double
I am trying to convert a string to a numerical format by creating a new field. I get an error message saying "Cannot convert '#VALUE!' to double." What does this mean?
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QGIS: Comparing attribute values from different layers with Expression string builder
I want to compare attribute values from different attributes from multiple layers in the Expression string builder in QGIS (3.16.1) in of these layers, but I don't know how to do that.
I've tried out ...
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Convert a list to string in QGIS
I have edited a field into the attribute form of a QGIS project as a "Value Relation" to create a checkbox where I can choose few possibilities. I have a tree sickness and the field I am ...
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Selecting features by characters contained in a text string
Is there a way to select the features of a map by finding text within an attribute table? For example, if several features are listed as "Nature preserve" under a column called "...
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Converting PyQt5.QtCore.QVariant to string
I am using QGIS with the in-built Python console. I want to replace some values in a shapefile with some other values. But when I try to change the attribute values, I get an error about the data ...
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Selecting in expression features with line break
I'm trying to filter features in a QGIS layer to those with the following in their "description" attribute.
<td>CC_W</td>
<td>3</td>
I think what I need is ...
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Splitting string into "alphabetic" or "numeric" in QGIS 3.10.1
What are the right functions and formulas with the field calculator to delete "alphabet" or "number" inside a field?
Let me be clear. I want to be able to delete "alphabetic ...
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Creating new column based on parts of strings in another column in QGIS
I have a column with zoning names (with "subzones" like UV036, UMTs2 etc.) and would like to create a new column with the general zone instead (UV instead of UV036, UMT instead of UMTs2... ...
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Problem in storing splitted strings in attribute table
I want to split strings of column 'Text' and save them in column 'Text_edit'. So far the split and storing the new values in a new column works. However as can be seen in the attached figure, only the ...
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