Transform: String Formatter

class gretel_client.transformers.transformers.format.Format(config: gretel_client.transformers.transformers.format.FormatConfig)

config_class

alias of FormatConfig

class gretel_client.transformers.transformers.format.FormatConfig(labels: List[str] = None, minimum_score: Optional[float] = None, pattern: Union[str, re.Pattern] = None, replacement: str = None)

Modify the contents of a string by specifying a regular expression that matches sub-strings and a replacement character for any characters that match. Generally, this is useful for removing special or un-needed chars from a field or value

Parameters

• pattern – A regex string to match characters against

• replacement – A string to replace each matching character / string with

Example to remove non-numerical chars:

config = FormatConfig(pattern=r"[^\d]", replacement="")