Okay, so the $()$ syntax can only be used within a macro...gotcha; Thanks!
On Friday, 22 May 2020 19:31:07 UTC-4, Mark S. wrote:
>
> The substitution forms (e.g. $variable$, $(external variable)$ only work
> INSIDE a macro. So you have to
> put
>
> <div style=<<nowandthen m:11 v:2>>><<nowandthen m:11 v:"$(bgcol)$">
> >"$(bgcol)$"</div>
>
> inside its own macro like:
>
> \define misnamedmacro()
> <div style=<<nowandthen m:11 v:2>>><<nowandthen m:11 v:"$(bgcol)$">
> >"$(bgcol)$"</div>
> \end
>
> and call it:
>
>
> <$set name=bgcol value="7">
> <<misnamedmacro>>
> </$set>
>
> Of course, there could be other things inside the JS macro that are wrong,
> but that's what's wrong out of the box.
>
> Good luck!
>
>
>
>
> On Friday, May 22, 2020 at 4:01:24 PM UTC-7, leeand00 wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to pass a value to a variable to a javascript macro I'm trying
>> to write; the result keeps coming back NaN, and I belive it is because I am
>> passing "$(bgcol)$" instead of "7" for v:
>>
>> Is there some other way I ought to be passing this argument?
>>
>> <$set name=bgcol value="7">
>> <div style=<<nowandthen m:11 v:2>>><<nowandthen m:11 v:"$(bgcol)$">
>> >"$(bgcol)$"</div>
>> </$set>
>>
>> /*\
>> title: $:/core/modules/macros/nowandthen.js
>> type: application/javascript
>> module-type: macro
>>
>> Macro to return a formatted version of the current time
>>
>> \*/
>> (function(){
>>
>> /*jslint node: true, browser: true */
>> /*global $tw: false */
>> "use strict";
>>
>> /*
>> Information about this macro
>> */
>>
>> exports.name = "nowandthen";
>>
>> exports.params = [
>> {name: "m"},
>> {name: "v"}
>> ];
>>
>> /*
>> Run the macro
>>
>> m: is the highest value in the data set.
>> v: is the value to render.
>> */
>> exports.run = function(m, v) {
>>
>> let out = "background-color: rgb(";
>>
>> try {
>> m = parseFloat(m);
>> v = parseFloat(v);
>> console.log("m:" + typeof(m));
>> console.log("m:" + m);
>> console.log("v:" + typeof(v));
>> console.log("v:" + v);
>> let huh = v/m;
>> let where = huh*255;
>> console.log("huh: " + typeof(huh));
>> console.log("huh: " + huh);
>> console.log("where: " + typeof(where));
>> console.log("where: " + where);
>>
>> } catch(e) {
>> console.log("error: " + e);
>> }
>>
>> for(var i =0; i < 3; i++) {
>> let wha = ((parseFloat(v)/parseFloat(m)));
>> out = out + (Math.floor(wha*255)) + ", ";
>> }
>>
>> out = (out.slice(0,-2)) + ");color:rgb(150,150,150);";
>>
>> return out;
>> };
>>
>> })();
>>
>>
>>
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