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===<u>Extract Place Data from a Place Title</u>===

<!-- no longer part of Gramps moved to 3rd party addon 18th June 2016 (why? to explain to people using the manual)- https://github.com/gramps-project/addons-source/blob/maintenance/gramps50/ExtractCity/extractcity.py -->

{{man warn|No longer part of Gramps you can download this tool from the third party addons}}

[[Image:ExtractPlaceData.png|right|thumb|400px|Fig. {{#var:chapter}}.{{#vardefineecho:figure|{{#expr:{{#var:figure}}+1}}}} Extract Place Data]]

This tool attempts to extract city, state/province and zip code information from a place title.

The tools operates on places where all fields in the main location are empty.

You can access this tool via the menu {{man menu|Tools->Family Tree Processing->Extract Place Data from a Place Title...}}

The '''Undo history warning''' will be shown and you can either {{man button|Stop}} or {{man button|Proceed with the tool}}.

Once the report finishes the {{man label|Extract Place data}} dialog results window will show a preview list of Places with the possible data that can be extracted from the place title. Un-Select the places you don't wish Gramps to convert and select the {{man button|Accept changes and close}} button to apply the changes.

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;Notes
The description must match the following categories:

<code>New York, NY 10000</code>

Only available for :
* USA
* Canada
* Sweden
Stockholm (A)
* France
Paris, IDF 75000, FRA or Paris, ILE DE FRANCE 75000, FRA
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