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Class weka.filters.MergeTwoValuesFilter

java.lang.Object
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   +----weka.filters.Filter
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           +----weka.filters.MergeTwoValuesFilter

public class MergeTwoValuesFilter
extends Filter
implements OptionHandler
Merges two values of a nominal attribute.

Valid filter-specific options are:

-C col
The column containing the values to be merged. (default last)

-F index
Index of the first value (default first).

-S index
Index of the second value (default last).

Version:
$Revision: 1.4 $
Author:
Eibe Frank (eibe@cs.waikato.ac.nz)

Constructor Index

 o MergeTwoValuesFilter()

Method Index

 o getAttributeIndex()
Get the index of the attribute used.
 o getFirstValueIndex()
Get the index of the first value used.
 o getOptions()
Gets the current settings of the filter.
 o getSecondValueIndex()
Get the index of the second value used.
 o input(Instance)
Input an instance for filtering.
 o inputFormat(Instances)
Sets the format of the input instances.
 o listOptions()
Returns an enumeration describing the available options
 o main(String[])
Main method for testing this class.
 o setAttributeIndex(int)
Sets index of the attribute used.
 o setFirstValueIndex(int)
Sets index of the first value used.
 o setOptions(String[])
Parses the options for this object.
 o setSecondValueIndex(int)
Sets index of the second value used.

Constructors

 o MergeTwoValuesFilter
 public MergeTwoValuesFilter()

Methods

 o inputFormat
 public boolean inputFormat(Instances instanceInfo) throws Exception
Sets the format of the input instances.

Parameters:
instanceInfo - an Instances object containing the input instance structure (any instances contained in the object are ignored - only the structure is required).
Returns:
true if the outputFormat may be collected immediately
Throws: Exception
if the input format can't be set successfully
Overrides:
inputFormat in class Filter
 o input
 public boolean input(Instance instance) throws Exception
Input an instance for filtering. The instance is processed and made available for output immediately.

Parameters:
instance - the input instance
Returns:
true if the filtered instance may now be collected with output().
Throws: Exception
if the input instance was not of the correct format or if there was a problem with the filtering.
Overrides:
input in class Filter
 o listOptions
 public Enumeration listOptions()
Returns an enumeration describing the available options

Returns:
an enumeration of all the available options
 o setOptions
 public void setOptions(String options[]) throws Exception
Parses the options for this object. Valid options are:

-C col
The column containing the values to be merged. (default last)

-F index
Index of the first value (default first).

-S index
Index of the second value (default last).

Parameters:
options - the list of options as an array of strings
Throws: Exception
if an option is not supported
 o getOptions
 public String[] getOptions()
Gets the current settings of the filter.

Returns:
an array of strings suitable for passing to setOptions
 o getAttributeIndex
 public int getAttributeIndex()
Get the index of the attribute used.

Returns:
the index of the attribute
 o setAttributeIndex
 public void setAttributeIndex(int attIndex)
Sets index of the attribute used.

Parameters:
index - the index of the attribute
 o getFirstValueIndex
 public int getFirstValueIndex()
Get the index of the first value used.

Returns:
the index of the first value
 o setFirstValueIndex
 public void setFirstValueIndex(int firstIndex)
Sets index of the first value used.

Parameters:
index - the index of the first value
 o getSecondValueIndex
 public int getSecondValueIndex()
Get the index of the second value used.

Returns:
the index of the second value
 o setSecondValueIndex
 public void setSecondValueIndex(int secondIndex)
Sets index of the second value used.

Parameters:
index - the index of the second value
 o main
 public static void main(String argv[])
Main method for testing this class.

Parameters:
argv - should contain arguments to the filter: use -h for help

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