Concatenate first and second value of an attribute

die_eike
die_eike New Altair Community Member
edited November 5 in Community Q&A
Hello community!

I have an example set with two attributes and two values. "Word" is nominal, "total" is numerical.

word    total
a          10
b           6

want to do the following: generate new attributes in which the first and the second value are concatenated and appear in the same row:

word(concat)  total(concat)
a_b                  10_6

I will place this subprocess into a loop, looping over 240 example sets with different values for "word" and "total"; so I cannot use any fixed value for the concatenation, but need to identify the values I want to concatenate (which are of the same attribute) by their order (first_second).

I tried generate attribute but couldn't find out how to identify the values by their order. I also tried to transpose the whole thing which gave me an error because of duplicate IDs.

I spent the whole day searching for operators to solve this apparently simple process but did not yet find a solution. Maybe somebody has an idea on this?

Best,
Eike

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  • kayman
    kayman New Altair Community Member
    edited October 2019 Answer ✓
    Like this?

    It works for your super simple example, but it's a bit unclear how your actual data looks.
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><process version="9.4.001">
  <context>
    <input/>
    <output/>
    <macros/>
  </context>
  <operator activated="true" class="process" compatibility="9.4.001" expanded="true" name="Process">
    <parameter key="logverbosity" value="init"/>
    <parameter key="random_seed" value="2001"/>
    <parameter key="send_mail" value="never"/>
    <parameter key="notification_email" value=""/>
    <parameter key="process_duration_for_mail" value="30"/>
    <parameter key="encoding" value="UTF-8"/>
    <process expanded="true">
      <operator activated="true" class="utility:create_exampleset" compatibility="9.4.001" expanded="true" height="68" name="Create ExampleSet" width="90" x="112" y="34">
        <parameter key="generator_type" value="comma separated text"/>
        <parameter key="number_of_examples" value="100"/>
        <parameter key="use_stepsize" value="false"/>
        <list key="function_descriptions"/>
        <parameter key="add_id_attribute" value="false"/>
        <list key="numeric_series_configuration"/>
        <list key="date_series_configuration"/>
        <list key="date_series_configuration (interval)"/>
        <parameter key="date_format" value="yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"/>
        <parameter key="time_zone" value="SYSTEM"/>
        <parameter key="input_csv_text" value="word&#9;total&#10;a&#9;10&#10;b&#9;6"/>
        <parameter key="column_separator" value="\t"/>
        <parameter key="parse_all_as_nominal" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="decimal_point_character" value="."/>
        <parameter key="trim_attribute_names" value="true"/>
      </operator>
      <operator activated="true" class="rename_by_generic_names" compatibility="9.4.001" expanded="true" height="82" name="Rename by Generic Names" width="90" x="246" y="34">
        <parameter key="attribute_filter_type" value="all"/>
        <parameter key="attribute" value=""/>
        <parameter key="attributes" value=""/>
        <parameter key="use_except_expression" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="value_type" value="attribute_value"/>
        <parameter key="use_value_type_exception" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="except_value_type" value="time"/>
        <parameter key="block_type" value="attribute_block"/>
        <parameter key="use_block_type_exception" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="except_block_type" value="value_matrix_row_start"/>
        <parameter key="invert_selection" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="include_special_attributes" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="generic_name_stem" value="att"/>
      </operator>
      <operator activated="false" class="concurrency:loop_attributes" compatibility="9.4.001" expanded="true" height="68" name="Loop Attributes" width="90" x="380" y="187">
        <parameter key="attribute_filter_type" value="all"/>
        <parameter key="attribute" value=""/>
        <parameter key="attributes" value=""/>
        <parameter key="use_except_expression" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="value_type" value="attribute_value"/>
        <parameter key="use_value_type_exception" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="except_value_type" value="time"/>
        <parameter key="block_type" value="attribute_block"/>
        <parameter key="use_block_type_exception" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="except_block_type" value="value_matrix_row_start"/>
        <parameter key="invert_selection" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="include_special_attributes" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="attribute_name_macro" value="la"/>
        <parameter key="reuse_results" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="enable_parallel_execution" value="false"/>
        <process expanded="true">
          <portSpacing port="source_input 1" spacing="0"/>
          <portSpacing port="sink_output 1" spacing="0"/>
        </process>
      </operator>
      <operator activated="true" class="numerical_to_polynominal" compatibility="9.4.001" expanded="true" height="82" name="Numerical to Polynominal" width="90" x="380" y="34">
        <parameter key="attribute_filter_type" value="value_type"/>
        <parameter key="attribute" value="total"/>
        <parameter key="attributes" value=""/>
        <parameter key="use_except_expression" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="value_type" value="numeric"/>
        <parameter key="use_value_type_exception" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="except_value_type" value="real"/>
        <parameter key="block_type" value="value_series"/>
        <parameter key="use_block_type_exception" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="except_block_type" value="value_series_end"/>
        <parameter key="invert_selection" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="include_special_attributes" value="false"/>
      </operator>
      <operator activated="true" class="aggregate" compatibility="9.4.001" expanded="true" height="82" name="Aggregate" width="90" x="514" y="34">
        <parameter key="use_default_aggregation" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="attribute_filter_type" value="all"/>
        <parameter key="attribute" value=""/>
        <parameter key="attributes" value=""/>
        <parameter key="use_except_expression" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="value_type" value="attribute_value"/>
        <parameter key="use_value_type_exception" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="except_value_type" value="time"/>
        <parameter key="block_type" value="attribute_block"/>
        <parameter key="use_block_type_exception" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="except_block_type" value="value_matrix_row_start"/>
        <parameter key="invert_selection" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="include_special_attributes" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="default_aggregation_function" value="average"/>
        <list key="aggregation_attributes">
          <parameter key="att1" value="concatenation"/>
          <parameter key="att2" value="concatenation"/>
        </list>
        <parameter key="group_by_attributes" value=""/>
        <parameter key="count_all_combinations" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="only_distinct" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="ignore_missings" value="true"/>
      </operator>
      <operator activated="true" class="replace" compatibility="9.4.001" expanded="true" height="82" name="Replace" width="90" x="648" y="34">
        <parameter key="attribute_filter_type" value="all"/>
        <parameter key="attribute" value=""/>
        <parameter key="attributes" value=""/>
        <parameter key="use_except_expression" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="value_type" value="nominal"/>
        <parameter key="use_value_type_exception" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="except_value_type" value="file_path"/>
        <parameter key="block_type" value="single_value"/>
        <parameter key="use_block_type_exception" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="except_block_type" value="single_value"/>
        <parameter key="invert_selection" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="include_special_attributes" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="replace_what" value="\|"/>
        <parameter key="replace_by" value="_"/>
      </operator>
      <connect from_op="Create ExampleSet" from_port="output" to_op="Rename by Generic Names" to_port="example set input"/>
      <connect from_op="Rename by Generic Names" from_port="example set output" to_op="Numerical to Polynominal" to_port="example set input"/>
      <connect from_op="Numerical to Polynominal" from_port="example set output" to_op="Aggregate" to_port="example set input"/>
      <connect from_op="Aggregate" from_port="example set output" to_op="Replace" to_port="example set input"/>
      <connect from_op="Replace" from_port="example set output" to_port="result 1"/>
      <portSpacing port="source_input 1" spacing="0"/>
      <portSpacing port="sink_result 1" spacing="0"/>
      <portSpacing port="sink_result 2" spacing="0"/>
    </process>
  </operator>
</process>


  • kayman
    kayman New Altair Community Member
    Answer ✓
    If the order is always the same you could use the filter by range to do that, so you start with your full set, split it in range 1-1, 3-3 an 7-7 so you have 3 sets instead of one, and use the logic on each of them. 

Answers

  • kayman
    kayman New Altair Community Member
    edited October 2019 Answer ✓
    Like this?

    It works for your super simple example, but it's a bit unclear how your actual data looks.
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><process version="9.4.001">
  <context>
    <input/>
    <output/>
    <macros/>
  </context>
  <operator activated="true" class="process" compatibility="9.4.001" expanded="true" name="Process">
    <parameter key="logverbosity" value="init"/>
    <parameter key="random_seed" value="2001"/>
    <parameter key="send_mail" value="never"/>
    <parameter key="notification_email" value=""/>
    <parameter key="process_duration_for_mail" value="30"/>
    <parameter key="encoding" value="UTF-8"/>
    <process expanded="true">
      <operator activated="true" class="utility:create_exampleset" compatibility="9.4.001" expanded="true" height="68" name="Create ExampleSet" width="90" x="112" y="34">
        <parameter key="generator_type" value="comma separated text"/>
        <parameter key="number_of_examples" value="100"/>
        <parameter key="use_stepsize" value="false"/>
        <list key="function_descriptions"/>
        <parameter key="add_id_attribute" value="false"/>
        <list key="numeric_series_configuration"/>
        <list key="date_series_configuration"/>
        <list key="date_series_configuration (interval)"/>
        <parameter key="date_format" value="yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"/>
        <parameter key="time_zone" value="SYSTEM"/>
        <parameter key="input_csv_text" value="word&#9;total&#10;a&#9;10&#10;b&#9;6"/>
        <parameter key="column_separator" value="\t"/>
        <parameter key="parse_all_as_nominal" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="decimal_point_character" value="."/>
        <parameter key="trim_attribute_names" value="true"/>
      </operator>
      <operator activated="true" class="rename_by_generic_names" compatibility="9.4.001" expanded="true" height="82" name="Rename by Generic Names" width="90" x="246" y="34">
        <parameter key="attribute_filter_type" value="all"/>
        <parameter key="attribute" value=""/>
        <parameter key="attributes" value=""/>
        <parameter key="use_except_expression" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="value_type" value="attribute_value"/>
        <parameter key="use_value_type_exception" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="except_value_type" value="time"/>
        <parameter key="block_type" value="attribute_block"/>
        <parameter key="use_block_type_exception" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="except_block_type" value="value_matrix_row_start"/>
        <parameter key="invert_selection" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="include_special_attributes" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="generic_name_stem" value="att"/>
      </operator>
      <operator activated="false" class="concurrency:loop_attributes" compatibility="9.4.001" expanded="true" height="68" name="Loop Attributes" width="90" x="380" y="187">
        <parameter key="attribute_filter_type" value="all"/>
        <parameter key="attribute" value=""/>
        <parameter key="attributes" value=""/>
        <parameter key="use_except_expression" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="value_type" value="attribute_value"/>
        <parameter key="use_value_type_exception" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="except_value_type" value="time"/>
        <parameter key="block_type" value="attribute_block"/>
        <parameter key="use_block_type_exception" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="except_block_type" value="value_matrix_row_start"/>
        <parameter key="invert_selection" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="include_special_attributes" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="attribute_name_macro" value="la"/>
        <parameter key="reuse_results" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="enable_parallel_execution" value="false"/>
        <process expanded="true">
          <portSpacing port="source_input 1" spacing="0"/>
          <portSpacing port="sink_output 1" spacing="0"/>
        </process>
      </operator>
      <operator activated="true" class="numerical_to_polynominal" compatibility="9.4.001" expanded="true" height="82" name="Numerical to Polynominal" width="90" x="380" y="34">
        <parameter key="attribute_filter_type" value="value_type"/>
        <parameter key="attribute" value="total"/>
        <parameter key="attributes" value=""/>
        <parameter key="use_except_expression" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="value_type" value="numeric"/>
        <parameter key="use_value_type_exception" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="except_value_type" value="real"/>
        <parameter key="block_type" value="value_series"/>
        <parameter key="use_block_type_exception" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="except_block_type" value="value_series_end"/>
        <parameter key="invert_selection" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="include_special_attributes" value="false"/>
      </operator>
      <operator activated="true" class="aggregate" compatibility="9.4.001" expanded="true" height="82" name="Aggregate" width="90" x="514" y="34">
        <parameter key="use_default_aggregation" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="attribute_filter_type" value="all"/>
        <parameter key="attribute" value=""/>
        <parameter key="attributes" value=""/>
        <parameter key="use_except_expression" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="value_type" value="attribute_value"/>
        <parameter key="use_value_type_exception" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="except_value_type" value="time"/>
        <parameter key="block_type" value="attribute_block"/>
        <parameter key="use_block_type_exception" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="except_block_type" value="value_matrix_row_start"/>
        <parameter key="invert_selection" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="include_special_attributes" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="default_aggregation_function" value="average"/>
        <list key="aggregation_attributes">
          <parameter key="att1" value="concatenation"/>
          <parameter key="att2" value="concatenation"/>
        </list>
        <parameter key="group_by_attributes" value=""/>
        <parameter key="count_all_combinations" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="only_distinct" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="ignore_missings" value="true"/>
      </operator>
      <operator activated="true" class="replace" compatibility="9.4.001" expanded="true" height="82" name="Replace" width="90" x="648" y="34">
        <parameter key="attribute_filter_type" value="all"/>
        <parameter key="attribute" value=""/>
        <parameter key="attributes" value=""/>
        <parameter key="use_except_expression" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="value_type" value="nominal"/>
        <parameter key="use_value_type_exception" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="except_value_type" value="file_path"/>
        <parameter key="block_type" value="single_value"/>
        <parameter key="use_block_type_exception" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="except_block_type" value="single_value"/>
        <parameter key="invert_selection" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="include_special_attributes" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="replace_what" value="\|"/>
        <parameter key="replace_by" value="_"/>
      </operator>
      <connect from_op="Create ExampleSet" from_port="output" to_op="Rename by Generic Names" to_port="example set input"/>
      <connect from_op="Rename by Generic Names" from_port="example set output" to_op="Numerical to Polynominal" to_port="example set input"/>
      <connect from_op="Numerical to Polynominal" from_port="example set output" to_op="Aggregate" to_port="example set input"/>
      <connect from_op="Aggregate" from_port="example set output" to_op="Replace" to_port="example set input"/>
      <connect from_op="Replace" from_port="example set output" to_port="result 1"/>
      <portSpacing port="source_input 1" spacing="0"/>
      <portSpacing port="sink_result 1" spacing="0"/>
      <portSpacing port="sink_result 2" spacing="0"/>
    </process>
  </operator>
</process>


  • die_eike
    die_eike New Altair Community Member
    Thanks a lot kayman! I should have known that aggregate would do the trick! ;)
    Just hypothetically, what would I do if I had more than 2 values (let's say 10) and would like to concatenate some of them by their order, e.g. the first, third and seventh value?

    Best,
    Eike
  • kayman
    kayman New Altair Community Member
    Answer ✓
    If the order is always the same you could use the filter by range to do that, so you start with your full set, split it in range 1-1, 3-3 an 7-7 so you have 3 sets instead of one, and use the logic on each of them. 
  • die_eike
    die_eike New Altair Community Member
    Thumbs up!

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