if (isOutputFormatDefined()) {
Instance newInstance = (Instance)instance.copy();
// make sure that we get the right indexes set for the converted
// string attributes when operating on a second batch of instances
for (int i = 0; i < newInstance.numAttributes(); i++) {
if (newInstance.attribute(i).isString() &&
!newInstance.isMissing(i) &&
m_AttIndices.isInRange(i)) {
Attribute outAtt =
getOutputFormat().attribute(newInstance.attribute(i).name());