FormatString

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FormatString

Takes one or more value(s) from subgenerators as argument(s) into a printf style format string.

Attributes
Name Description Required Min Max Allowed Values
name (Class)Name of this element. Used to identify plugin Class. Full name is required. Example: com.en.myPluginPackage.myPuginClass no 0 1
id Identification String of this element. May be used to uniquely identify a field within the children of an Element. no 0 1
Nodes
Name Description Required Min Max Allowed Values
format Content type: String
Takes values from [1,n] sub generators and formats them "printf style" using format specifiers. e.g: sub generators produce values {'foo', 461012} with format="%-5s|%08d" produces: "00461012". 		yes 1 1
gen Value Generator for this field no 0 ∞

Example

  1. Complex Composite String of String and Integer

    format string integer number long sub-generator sequence min max length characeters alphabet

    Generates complex strings composed of a random string and a random integer using the given format string: '%2s/%03d'.

    Schema config for Complex Composite String of String and Integer
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<!--
/*******************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2013, bankmark and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
* bankmark UG PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
******************************************************************************/
--><schema xmlns:doc="http://bankmark.de/pdgf/doc" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" name="demo" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="structure/pdgfSchema.xsd">
  <!-- All data is derived from this starting seed.
       If this seed is the same, the generated data will the same on each
       computer/node/platform.
       Change this seed to generate a different data set.-->
  <seed>1234567890L</seed>

  <rng name="PdgfDefaultRandom"/>

  <!--Default Scale factor for all tables -->
  <property name="SF" type="double">1</property>

  <table name="FORMAT_STRING">
    <!-- if tables should scale with -SF command line argument.
         Specify your scaling formula here: -->
    <size>10 * ${SF}</size>

    <!--Complex Composite String of String and Integer-->
      <!--
        Generates complex strings composed of a random string and a random integer using the given format string:
        '%2s/%03d'.
      -->
      <field name="format_string" size="" type="VARCHAR">
        <gen_FormatString>
          <format>%2s/%03d</format>
          <gen_RandomString>
            <characters>abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</characters>
            <min>2</min>
            <max>2</max>
          </gen_RandomString>
          <gen_LongNumber>
            <min>1</min>
            <max>999</max>
          </gen_LongNumber>
        </gen_FormatString>
      </field>
      </table>
</schema>
    Output for Complex Composite String of String and Integer
    wy/594
kn/865
hu/204
xs/740
mq/020
jj/212
ek/234
mz/359
gx/383
fu/419
2.7-83fb0 | 2020-04-22