Synopsis
(Re-)guesses all value types and changes them accordingly.
Description
This operator can be used to (re-)guess the value types of all attributes. This might be useful after some preprocessing transformations and "purifying" some of the columns, especially if columns which were nominal before can be handled as numerical columns. With this operator, the value types of all attributes do not have to be transformed manually with operators like Parse Numbers.
Input
- example set input: expects: ExampleSetMetaData: #examples: = 0; #attributes: 0
Output
- example set output:
- original:
Parameters
- attribute filter type: The condition specifies which attributes are selected or affected by this operator.
- attribute: The attribute which should be chosen.
- attributes: The attribute which should be chosen.
- regular expression: A regular expression for the names of the attributes which should be kept.
- use except expression: If enabled, an exception to the specified regular expression might be specified. Attributes of matching this will be filtered out, although matching the first expression.
- except regular expression: A regular expression for the names of the attributes which should be filtered out although matching the above regular expression.
- value type: The value type of the attributes.
- use value type exception: If enabled, an exception to the specified value type might be specified. Attributes of this type will be filtered out, although matching the first specified type.
- except value type: Except this value type.
- block type: The block type of the attributes.
- use block type exception: If enabled, an exception to the specified block type might be specified.
- except block type: Except this block type.
- numeric condition: Parameter string for the condition, e.g. '>= 5'
- invert selection: Indicates if only attributes should be accepted which would normally filtered.
- include special attributes: Indicate if this operator should also be applied on the special attributes. Otherwise they are always kept.
- decimal point character: Character that is used as decimal point.
- number grouping character: Character that is used as the number grouping character, i.e. for groups of thousands.