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 <cavall...@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. > -- > Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu > QGIS & PostGIS courses: http://www.faunalia.eu/training.html > https://www.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=IT&q=qgis,arcgis > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-Developer mailing list > QGIS-Developer@lists.osgeo.org > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
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