[tw] Re: Issue: Auto-Enumeration. I have no idea how.

[Riz]

Just to ice the cake a bit, I made a filter that sorts the titles in the 
natural order.

Link to thread: 
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/tiddlywiki/fJ-kKaxRwy0

Plugin and demo 


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[tw] Re: Issue: Auto-Enumeration. I have no idea how.

[@TiddlyTweeter]

Ciao Stephan & Riz

Thank you both! 

I'm as happy as a sandboy! 


J, x

Riz wrote:
>
> Expanded to include Stephen's input. If you set $initval as 004 now, it 
> will add suffixes as 005, 006...
>
>
> plugin and demo. 
> 
>
> https://ibnishak.github.io/Tesseract/
>
 
Stephan Hradek wrote:
>
> Am Montag, 19. Februar 2018 16:16:14 UTC+1 schrieb Riz:
>>
>>
>> - Performance: To correctly pad, say 1 or 00019 etc, you need to 
>>
>
> do it like this for example:
>
> counter= ((("10"+counter)*1+1)+"").replace(/^10?/, "")
>
> Example run from webconsole ...
>

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[tw] Re: Issue: Auto-Enumeration. I have no idea how.

[Riz]

Well, there you go!!

Expanded to include Stephen's input. If you set $initval as 004 now, it 
will add suffixes as 005, 006...


plugin and demo. 


sincerely,
Riz

https://ibnishak.github.io/Tesseract/



On Monday, 19 February 2018 22:01:43 UTC+5:30, Stephan Hradek wrote:
>
>
>
> Am Montag, 19. Februar 2018 16:16:14 UTC+1 schrieb Riz:
>>
>>
>> - Performance: To correctly pad, say 1 or 00019 etc, you need to 
>>
>
> do it like this for example:
>
> counter= ((("10"+counter)*1+1)+"").replace(/^10?/, "")
>
> Example run from webconsole:
>
> counter="007"
> "007"
> counter= ((("10"+counter)*1+1)+"").replace(/^10?/, "")
> "008"
> counter= ((("10"+counter)*1+1)+"").replace(/^10?/, "")
> "009"
> counter= ((("10"+counter)*1+1)+"").replace(/^10?/, "")
> "010"
> counter= ((("10"+counter)*1+1)+"").replace(/^10?/, "")
> "011"
> counter="098"
> "098"
> counter= ((("10"+counter)*1+1)+"").replace(/^10?/, "")
> "099"
> counter= ((("10"+counter)*1+1)+"").replace(/^10?/, "")
> "100"
> counter= ((("10"+counter)*1+1)+"").replace(/^10?/, "")
> "101"
> counter="998"
> "998"
> counter= ((("10"+counter)*1+1)+"").replace(/^10?/, "")
> "999"
> counter= ((("10"+counter)*1+1)+"").replace(/^10?/, "")
> "1000"
> counter= ((("10"+counter)*1+1)+"").replace(/^10?/, "")
> "1001"
>
>
>
> 
>

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[tw] Re: Issue: Auto-Enumeration. I have no idea how.

[Stephan Hradek]

Am Montag, 19. Februar 2018 16:16:14 UTC+1 schrieb Riz:
>
>
> - Performance: To correctly pad, say 1 or 00019 etc, you need to 
>

do it like this for example:

counter= ((("10"+counter)*1+1)+"").replace(/^10?/, "")

Example run from webconsole:

counter="007"
"007"
counter= ((("10"+counter)*1+1)+"").replace(/^10?/, "")
"008"
counter= ((("10"+counter)*1+1)+"").replace(/^10?/, "")
"009"
counter= ((("10"+counter)*1+1)+"").replace(/^10?/, "")
"010"
counter= ((("10"+counter)*1+1)+"").replace(/^10?/, "")
"011"
counter="098"
"098"
counter= ((("10"+counter)*1+1)+"").replace(/^10?/, "")
"099"
counter= ((("10"+counter)*1+1)+"").replace(/^10?/, "")
"100"
counter= ((("10"+counter)*1+1)+"").replace(/^10?/, "")
"101"
counter="998"
"998"
counter= ((("10"+counter)*1+1)+"").replace(/^10?/, "")
"999"
counter= ((("10"+counter)*1+1)+"").replace(/^10?/, "")
"1000"
counter= ((("10"+counter)*1+1)+"").replace(/^10?/, "")
"1001"





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[tw] Re: Issue: Auto-Enumeration. I have no idea how.

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Riz wrote:
>
> Glad to hear that you found it useful. I hope more people will do too.
>

Me too.

Thank you for the detailed explanation on the issues of padded numbers. Its 
helpful for me to better understand the limits as is.

It is NOT a deal-breaker. 

To me Title numbering in TW is a bit of a fudge. But a workable one and I 
mustn't expect too much from it. I will look at your suggestion around 
sorting. So thanks!

Very best wishes
Josiah

I did notice your request for padded numbers. Solutions towards that will 
> bring with it two issues.
>
> - Performance: To correctly pad, say 1 or 00019 etc, you need to 
> evaluate the number of digits and add number of zeros accordingly. This 
> process should happen for every iteration of the loop, in addition to 
> checking for existence of title with that number as suffix.
>
> - You are essentially defining the maximum number of tiddlers you will 
> create with that title. 
> Say you decide you want the numbers to have 5 places. Like 1 or 00019. 
> The algorithm will flow like : Is the tiddler existing? -> Yes -> Add a 
> numerical suffix with 5 places -> Increase it sequentially until you reach 
> a unique number. 
> This will go on as expected, till 9. The moment you create the 
> 10th tiddler, the execution of code cannot move forward. Tiddler 
> exists, but adding any number suffix from 0 to 9 is not creating a 
> unique title, resulting in a deadlock.
>
> A much more simpler, far more open-ended solution to this issue would be, 
> IMHO, creation of a filter that sorts titles respecting the numerical 
> parts. Given the alphanumeric nature of our titles, I think this is 
> required.
>
> If you absolutely cannot wait for someone to come and create that filter, 
> I suggest you give the $initval as 1000, and that would help you sort 
> correctly. 
>
>

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[tw] Re: Issue: Auto-Enumeration. I have no idea how.

[Riz]

Hi Josiah,

Glad to hear that you found it useful. I hope more people will do too.

I did notice your request for padded numbers. Solutions towards that will 
bring with it two issues.

- Performance: To correctly pad, say 1 or 00019 etc, you need to 
evaluate the number of digits and add number of zeros accordingly. This 
process should happen for every iteration of the loop, in addition to 
checking for existence of title with that number as suffix.

- You are essentially defining the maximum number of tiddlers you will 
create with that title. 
Say you decide you want the numbers to have 5 places. Like 1 or 00019. 
The algorithm will flow like : Is the tiddler existing? -> Yes -> Add a 
numerical suffix with 5 places -> Increase it sequentially until you reach 
a unique number. 
This will go on as expected, till 9. The moment you create the 10th 
tiddler, the execution of code cannot move forward. Tiddler exists, but 
adding any number suffix from 0 to 9 is not creating a unique 
title, resulting in a deadlock.

A much more simpler, far more open-ended solution to this issue would be, 
IMHO, creation of a filter that sorts titles respecting the numerical 
parts. Given the alphanumeric nature of our titles, I think this is 
required.

If you absolutely cannot wait for someone to come and create that filter, I 
suggest you give the $initval as 1000, and that would help you sort 
correctly. 

sincerely,
Riz






On Monday, 19 February 2018 15:10:05 UTC+5:30, @TiddlyTweeter wrote:
>
> Hi Riz
>
> Your *Enumerator Plugin* is Brilliant! It actually goes beyond what I 
> originally thought was needed and solves not just my original query but 
> effectively deals also the "overwrite" problem because you can import 
> knowing you are NOT going to have name conflicts.
>
> I been testing it. It works perfectly. Just FYI, my workflow with it was 
> ...
>
> 1 - In TW Reggie (where I prep the text), create the Jason (with all 
> titles as "PERRY MASON")
>
> 2 - In TW PerryMason (the final destination) simply cut and paste the 
> content of the the Jason from (1) into a JSON tiddler in TW PerryMason. 
> [Note: I'll install your plugin on destination TW because that's where its 
> needed]
>
> 3 - Press the button to create the Tiddlers. Bingo!
>
> Whole process from collection of 8 Perry Mason texts from the net, 
> conversion to Json, transfer to final destination TW, press the button: 15 
> minutes. 2056 Tiddlers created. That's what I call GOOD! :-)
>
> I also tested it using more than one "title" value in one Jason. And also 
> used a second Jason. Works great. Numbering is exactly right.
>
> The ONLY issue I have, which I'm not sure if its solvable, is that the 
> numbers are not padded. To explain ... In the use case I hope its clear I'm 
> simply using the Tiddler Title as an INDEX (on the destination TW the 
> titles won't be shown). Because they are not padded the *sort order goes 
> weird*. So the listing (after save) starts looking like this ...
>
>
>
> Being able to have *indices that run from #0001 to #* would be icing 
> on the cake. But I suspect its difficult? Because of the way TW creates new 
> numbers sequentially?
>
> An alternative that could maybe work is listing the Tiddlers created in 
> *creation 
> time order* (latest first, so you see how many you have but I'm unsure if 
> all the time stamps would differ).
>
> Anyway. I'm incredibly grateful for what you have created. 
>
> And I'm sure its going to be useful for a lot more users than me.
>
> Best wishes
> Josiah
>
> P.S. Whilst I was getting the plugin I noticed you have a UUID maker. I'm 
> probably going to try that too for a different kind of indexing issue I 
> have. 
>
> Riz wrote:
>>
>> Hi there Josiah,
>>
>> Your problem provides an interesting challenge. Finally I created an 
>> action widget that creates tiddlers from a JSON tiddler, using user defined 
>> property for titles and auto-enumeration for conflict resolution. It even 
>> lets you specify the initial value for numerical suffix like you asked.
>>
>> Here is the plugin and demo. 
>> 
>>
>> Remember:  you have to save the data as a JSON tiddler, not plain text 
>> tiddler.
>>
>> sincerely,
>> Riz
>>
>> https://ibnishak.github.io/Tesseract/
>>
>

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[tw] Re: Issue: Auto-Enumeration. I have no idea how.

[@TiddlyTweeter]

Ciao Riz and all

Though I'm sure the issues in this thread must have been raised on Github 
before I did open an issue: 

https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/issues/3130.

Best wishes
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[tw] Re: Issue: Auto-Enumeration. I have no idea how.

[@TiddlyTweeter]

Hi Riz

Your *Enumerator Plugin* is Brilliant! It actually goes beyond what I 
originally thought was needed and solves not just my original query but 
effectively deals also the "overwrite" problem because you can import 
knowing you are NOT going to have name conflicts.

I been testing it. It works perfectly. Just FYI, my workflow with it was ...

1 - In TW Reggie (where I prep the text), create the Jason (with all titles 
as "PERRY MASON")

2 - In TW PerryMason (the final destination) simply cut and paste the 
content of the the Jason from (1) into a JSON tiddler in TW PerryMason. 
[Note: I'll install your plugin on destination TW because that's where its 
needed]

3 - Press the button to create the Tiddlers. Bingo!

Whole process from collection of 8 Perry Mason texts from the net, 
conversion to Json, transfer to final destination TW, press the button: 15 
minutes. 2056 Tiddlers created. That's what I call GOOD! :-)

I also tested it using more than one "title" value in one Jason. And also 
used a second Jason. Works great. Numbering is exactly right.

The ONLY issue I have, which I'm not sure if its solvable, is that the 
numbers are not padded. To explain ... In the use case I hope its clear I'm 
simply using the Tiddler Title as an INDEX (on the destination TW the 
titles won't be shown). Because they are not padded the *sort order goes 
weird*. So the listing (after save) starts looking like this ...



Being able to have *indices that run from #0001 to #* would be icing on 
the cake. But I suspect its difficult? Because of the way TW creates new 
numbers sequentially?

An alternative that could maybe work is listing the Tiddlers created in 
*creation 
time order* (latest first, so you see how many you have but I'm unsure if 
all the time stamps would differ).

Anyway. I'm incredibly grateful for what you have created. 

And I'm sure its going to be useful for a lot more users than.

Best wishes
Josiah

P.S. Whilst I was getting the plugin I noticed you have a UUID maker. I'm 
probably going to try that too for a different kind of indexing issue I 
have. 

Riz wrote:
>
> Hi there Josiah,
>
> Your problem provides an interesting challenge. Finally I created an 
> action widget that creates tiddlers from a JSON tiddler, using user defined 
> property for titles and auto-enumeration for conflict resolution. It even 
> lets you specify the initial value for numerical suffix like you asked.
>
> Here is the plugin and demo. 
> 
>
> Remember:  you have to save the data as a JSON tiddler, not plain text 
> tiddler.
>
> sincerely,
> Riz
>
> https://ibnishak.github.io/Tesseract/
>

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[tw] Re: Issue: Auto-Enumeration. I have no idea how.

[Riz]

Hi there Josiah,

Your problem provides an interesting challenge. Finally I created an action 
widget that creates tiddlers from a JSON tiddler, using user defined 
property for titles and auto-enumeration for conflict resolution. It even 
lets you specify the initial value for numerical suffix like you asked.

Here is the plugin and demo. 



Remember:  you have to save the data as a JSON tiddler, not plain text 
tiddler.

sincerely,
Riz

https://ibnishak.github.io/Tesseract/



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[tw] Re: Issue: Auto-Enumeration. I have no idea how.

[@TiddlyTweeter]

TonyM

You are so right about the Bundler plugin. PMario paid a lot of attention 
to how overwrites work and gives options.

J.

TonyM wrote:
>
> But of course there are features in the bundler plugin that may help, have 
> a close look there as you can log all tiddler imports for subsequent 
> bundling.
>
>

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[tw] Re: Issue: Auto-Enumeration. I have no idea how.

[TonyM]

Josiah,

Just some observations.

In Twc I used to generate multiple task tiddlers for project initalisation and 
would use the project name as a suffix and the "new is new" plugin, the feature 
which is now built in, to increment duplicate names. 

In tw5 there is a tools setting that influences import overwrites which will 
import duplicate tiddlers as a new name.  

It would be nice if a suffix and import duplicate settings were built into the 
import facility.

But of course there are features in the bundler plugin that may help, have a 
close look there as you can log all tiddler imports for subsequent bundling.

Regards
Tony

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[tw] Re: Issue: Auto-Enumeration. I have no idea how.

[@TiddlyTweeter]

Whoa Stephan!

That bookmarklet is seriously useful. Thank you! I can use it for this but 
the script is also clear enough I could adapt it to other use cases too. 
Thanks!

If you read my earlier message you see I found another solution that uses 
CSS counters for the particular use case. 

BTW, your Replace Pragma (slightly dangerous :-) first opened my eyes to 
the huge utility of direct access to "raw" regular expressions in TW. I now 
mostly use BJ's "Flexity" variant of his "Flexible Types" plugin that lets 
you do much the same--and avoid some of the issues with your pragma as it 
runs before other processing. The example I gave that started this thread 
was created using it. I do think "raw" style regex access in TW has huge 
potential. I noticed you interested in using it for extraction globally 
across a whole TW. Right? Great stuff.

Best wishes
Josiah

Stephan Hradek wrote:
>
> If a bookmarklet is enough, here you go:
>
> javascript:var ta= document.activeElement.contentWindow.document.
> querySelector('textarea');
> var numbers= new Object();
> var number= /^(.*?)\s*#(\d+)$/;
> if(ta !== null && ta.tagName.toLowerCase() == 'textarea') {
> var content= JSON.parse(ta.value);
> for (var i=0; i var title= content[i].title;
> if(title === undefined) {
> continue;
> }
> var hasnumber= number.exec(title);
> if(hasnumber === null) {
> if(numbers[title] === undefined) {
> numbers[title]= "0001";
> } else {
> numbers[title]= ((("10"+numbers[title])*1+1)+"").replace(
> /^10?/, "")
> }
> content[i].title+= " #"+numbers[title];
> } else {
> numbers[hasnumber[1]]= hasnumber[2];
> continue;
> }
> }
> ta.value= JSON.stringify(content,0,2);
> }
> void(0);
>
>

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[tw] Re: Issue: Auto-Enumeration. I have no idea how.

[@TiddlyTweeter]

Ciao Stef.. & TonyM ...

TonyM wrote:
>>
>> Titles are the primary key and should be unique so in this case you are 
>> doing so artificaly. 
>>
>
It's all artificial! Its on a computer! :-)  But I kinda get what you mean. 
I hope you understand from my previous message its not so inefficient what 
I'm trying to do--minimal steps (in the example ONE step) generation of 
document conversion.

ste...@gmail.com responded:

In my view, having an import filter that creates titles with 
> auto-incrementing numbers might be useful, though (similar to $basetitle 
> here: https://tiddlywiki.com/#ActionCreateTiddlerWidget). Has anybody 
> ever looked into this?
>

I agree. An example would be the case where you had a file with simple text 
where your intent is that  each line (separated by a newline feed) you want 
as a Tiddler. At the moment this is complicated, you have to do lots of 
preparation to get that importable. 

There is *also*, I think, an issue with Import when an imported tiddler 
title is the same as an existing Tiddler title.

IMO more flex on import would enable wider use of TiddlyWiki. One of the 
biggest barriers to entry on switching software is HOW to transfer your 
existing data. The easier the better. The easier the more uptake.

Best wishes
Josiah 

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[tw] Re: Issue: Auto-Enumeration. I have no idea how.

[@TiddlyTweeter]

Mark S., BTC, TonyM, Stephan H.

Thank you! All very helpful  answers. 

They made clear to me sometimes I need to *fill in more context* so the 
person can answer better. TBH I didn't want to add the work process steps 
as I thought it would lumber you with detail you don't need.

The PURPOSE of this is part of an attempt/experiment to be able to prepare 
and *pre-process texts of all kinds within TW itself*. The "Json" of the 
example is not yet really a Json Tiddler, rather its the visual render in 
plain text of the processing of a large text document pasted into a tiddler 
that runs a series of regular expressions that generates a Json structure 
of the text. The render that looks like Jason is copied (the surface 
render, not a clone of the underlying tiddler content) and pasted into a 
new tiddler. That tiddler can then be exported as JSON and imported into 
any TW.

*The stumbling block* was only getting the title field enumerated because 
you have to have that explicit for TW imports. Regular expressions in 
JavaScript are quite limited. You can forget them being able to do any math.

FWIW--all your questions got me wondering why something so seemingly simple 
(effectively just adding a number to a line) was tricky. I don't really 
grasp the nature of what TW can do well. I'd wrongly assumed it would be 
easy. 

After a few hours messing about I've found a solution within TW that won't 
require any extra steps outside TW. Tests show *I should be able to use CSS 
COUNTERS to generate the numbers*.

Stephan's Bookmarklet I'll comment on separately.

Thanks again!
Josiah


Mark S.wondered:

> I don't know how you captured this data in the first place

 
BTC asked:

> Does this have to be done in TW? 
>

TonyM suspects me of inefficiency :-) ...

> The need to add numbers to make titles unique suggests you have made some 
> less than perfect choices.
>

Stephan Hradek wrote:
>
> What I don't understand is your workflow.
>
> Where do you get the data from?
>

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[tw] Re: Issue: Auto-Enumeration. I have no idea how.

[stefct4]

Hi,

On Friday, February 16, 2018 at 11:13:15 AM UTC+1, TonyM wrote:
>
> Titles are the primary key and should be unique so in this case you are 
> doing so artificaly. Captions need not be unique.


In my view, having an import filter that creates titles with 
auto-incrementing numbers might be useful, though (similar to $basetitle 
here: https://tiddlywiki.com/#ActionCreateTiddlerWidget). Has anybody ever 
looked into this?

Cheers,

Stef

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[tw] Re: Issue: Auto-Enumeration. I have no idea how.

[Stephan Hradek]

If a bookmarklet is enough, here you go:

javascript:var ta= document.activeElement.contentWindow.document.
querySelector('textarea');
var numbers= new Object();
var number= /^(.*?)\s*#(\d+)$/;
if(ta !== null && ta.tagName.toLowerCase() == 'textarea') {
var content= JSON.parse(ta.value);
for (var i=0; i

[tw] Re: Issue: Auto-Enumeration. I have no idea how.

[Stephan Hradek]

What I don't understand is your workflow.

Where do you get the data from?

How does it become a tiddler?

How would you want to invoke the macro?

Wouldn't it be sufficient to have a bookmarklet 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookmarklet to do the changes?

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[tw] Re: Issue: Auto-Enumeration. I have no idea how.

['Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki]

I don't know how you captured this data in the first place, but if it could 
be exported to XLS or CSV, then it could be quickly enumerated inside xcel 
and then imported into TW.

-- Mark

On Thursday, February 15, 2018 at 10:52:16 AM UTC-8, @TiddlyTweeter wrote:
>
> I have a Jason structure (just stored right now as plain text in a 
> Tiddler) that I need to add numbers to to be able to save it so it can be 
> then imported with unique title fields.
>
> Here is are a few records so you can see the issue ... The full Tiddler is 
> thousands of records long.
>
> [
>  {
>  "title": "PERRY MASON",
>  "tags": "#perrymason",
>  "type": "text/plain",
>  "text": "I was just explaining things to Mr Huxley. Don't let me 
> interrupt. Now, these two goldfish are suffering from gill fever. How much 
> longer would you say they can live? If it's really gill fever, an hour or 
> two. Right, but watch.\n#PerryMason"
>  },
>  {
>  "title": "PERRY MASON",
>  "tags": "#perrymason",
>  "type": "text/plain",
>  "text": "Now, I spread a small amount of my preparation on this piece of 
> screening and place it in the water. \n#PerryMason"
>  },
>  {
>  "title": "PERRY MASON",
>  "tags": "#perrymason",
>  "type": "text/plain",
>  "text": "And within a remarkably short time Kind of a miracle, isn't it, 
> Mr Huxley? I wouldn't go so far as to say that, but it's certainly 
> impressive. Would you be interested in merchandizing the preparation 
> throughout the country? I may do better than that.\n#PerryMason"
>  }
> ]
>
>
> Ideally I want to have a macro that can change it to this ...
>
> [
>  {
>  "title": "PERRY MASON #0009",
>  "tags": "#perrymason",
>  "type": "text/plain",
>  "text": "I was just explaining things to Mr Huxley. Don't let me 
> interrupt. Now, these two goldfish are suffering from gill fever. How much 
> longer would you say they can live? If it's really gill fever, an hour or 
> two. Right, but watch.\n#PerryMason"
>  },
>  {
>  "title": "PERRY MASON #0010",
>  "tags": "#perrymason",
>  "type": "text/plain",
>  "text": "Now, I spread a small amount of my preparation on this piece of 
> screening and place it in the water. \n#PerryMason"
>  },
>  {
>  "title": "PERRY MASON #0011",
>  "tags": "#perrymason",
>  "type": "text/plain",
>  "text": "And within a remarkably short time Kind of a miracle, isn't it, 
> Mr Huxley? I wouldn't go so far as to say that, but it's certainly 
> impressive. Would you be interested in merchandizing the preparation 
> throughout the country? I may do better than that.\n#PerryMason"
>  }
> ]
>
>
> What I need is a macro that will...
>
>  (a) take a START NO., 9 in this case 
>
>  (b) and for the first match of ... 
>
> "title": "PERRY MASON"
>
> ... change it to ...
>
> "title": "PERRY MASON #0009"
>
>   (c) Then increment the number by 1 for each repeat.
>
> The leading Zeros are NOT essential but are helpful in sorting and finding 
> things later.
>
> Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> Best wishes
> Josiah
>
>

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[tw] Re: Issue: Auto-Enumeration. I have no idea how.

[BurningTreeC]

Does this have to be done in TW? I'd do it with a bash script

I have a Jason structure (just stored right now as plain text in a Tiddler) 
> that I need to add numbers to to be able to save it so it can be then 
> imported with unique title fields.
>
> Here is are a few records so you can see the issue ... The full Tiddler is 
> thousands of records long.
>
> [
>  {
>  "title": "PERRY MASON",
>  "tags": "#perrymason",
>  "type": "text/plain",
>  "text": "I was just explaining things to Mr Huxley. Don't let me 
> interrupt. Now, these two goldfish are suffering from gill fever. How much 
> longer would you say they can live? If it's really gill fever, an hour or 
> two. Right, but watch.\n#PerryMason"
>  },
>  {
>  "title": "PERRY MASON",
>  "tags": "#perrymason",
>  "type": "text/plain",
>  "text": "Now, I spread a small amount of my preparation on this piece of 
> screening and place it in the water. \n#PerryMason"
>  },
>  {
>  "title": "PERRY MASON",
>  "tags": "#perrymason",
>  "type": "text/plain",
>  "text": "And within a remarkably short time Kind of a miracle, isn't it, 
> Mr Huxley? I wouldn't go so far as to say that, but it's certainly 
> impressive. Would you be interested in merchandizing the preparation 
> throughout the country? I may do better than that.\n#PerryMason"
>  }
> ]
>
>
> Ideally I want to have a macro that can change it to this ...
>
> [
>  {
>  "title": "PERRY MASON #0009",
>  "tags": "#perrymason",
>  "type": "text/plain",
>  "text": "I was just explaining things to Mr Huxley. Don't let me 
> interrupt. Now, these two goldfish are suffering from gill fever. How much 
> longer would you say they can live? If it's really gill fever, an hour or 
> two. Right, but watch.\n#PerryMason"
>  },
>  {
>  "title": "PERRY MASON #0010",
>  "tags": "#perrymason",
>  "type": "text/plain",
>  "text": "Now, I spread a small amount of my preparation on this piece of 
> screening and place it in the water. \n#PerryMason"
>  },
>  {
>  "title": "PERRY MASON #0011",
>  "tags": "#perrymason",
>  "type": "text/plain",
>  "text": "And within a remarkably short time Kind of a miracle, isn't it, 
> Mr Huxley? I wouldn't go so far as to say that, but it's certainly 
> impressive. Would you be interested in merchandizing the preparation 
> throughout the country? I may do better than that.\n#PerryMason"
>  }
> ]
>
>
> What I need is a macro that will...
>
>  (a) take a START NO., 9 in this case 
>
>  (b) and for the first match of ... 
>
> "title": "PERRY MASON"
>
> ... change it to ...
>
> "title": "PERRY MASON #0009"
>
>   (c) Then increment the number by 1 for each repeat.
>
> The leading Zeros are NOT essential but are helpful in sorting and finding 
> things later.
>
> Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> Best wishes
> Josiah
>
>

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