That result is common when your list is generating more instances that you
expected.
It suggest an error in your code. A Quick fix may be to introduce
+[limit[1]] in the filter generating it.
In this case we can see the problem is before adding the suffix image.jpg
Tones
On Tuesday, 11 May 2021 at 11:21:08 UTC+10 History Buff wrote:
> Sorry, I attempted to describe it in words which wasn't sufficient.
>
> What I want to result is the following (assume the filename is image.jpg):
>
> ./Archival_image/image.jpg
>
> What I actually get is this:
>
>
> ./Archival_image/./Archival_image/./Archival_image/./Archival_image/./Archival_image/./Archival_image/./Archival_image/image.jpg
>
> The number of times ./Archival_image/ is repeated seems random and, as I
> said, can be as many as two or three all the way up to eighteen.
>
>
> On Monday, May 10, 2021 at 5:51:00 PM UTC-7 TW Tones wrote:
>
>> Do share an example of the "corrupt values", if could point to the
>> problem without jumping into the code, or will this code work on
>> tiddlywiki.com, if not can you make it?
>>
>> Tones
>>
>> On Tuesday, 11 May 2021 at 06:58:28 UTC+10 History Buff wrote:
>>
>>> All,
>>>
>>> I have a macro that has several edit text widgets and a button to save
>>> these inputs to the fields of a newly created tiddler (see code below). I'm
>>> having some issues with one particular field, namely the archive field. The
>>> input is the filename of the image and what should be placed in the archive
>>> field of the new tiddler is: ./Archival_images/filename. However, what ends
>>> up being placed in there is the ./Archival_images/ string repeated a
>>> seemingly random number of times. I've seen it repeated anywhere from three
>>> times to eighteen times. I've tried slashes with both directions with no
>>> difference. I've also tried the wikify widget without the output and mode
>>> options with no difference in behavior. Any ideas on why that might be
>>> happening?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>>
>>> \define newtext(image)
>>> <a href="./Images/$image$.jpg" target="_blank"> <img
>>> src="./Images/$image$.webp"></a>
>>> \end
>>>
>>> \define newarchive(archive)
>>> ./Archival_images/$archive$
>>> \end
>>>
>>> \define newImageEntry()
>>> <$vars
>>> temp="$:/temp/NewImageEntry">
>>> Image Filename:
>>> <$edit-text
>>> tiddler=<<temp>>
>>> field=filename
>>> tag=input
>>> class=fieldinput
>>> size=64
>>> />
>>> <p/>
>>> Archival Image Filename:
>>> <$edit-text
>>> tiddler=<<temp>>
>>> field=archive
>>> tag=input
>>> class=fieldinput
>>> size=64
>>> />
>>> <p/>
>>> Image Category:
>>> <$edit-text
>>> tiddler=<<temp>>
>>> field=category
>>> tag=input
>>> class=fieldinput
>>> size=64
>>> placeholder="Enter all categories separated by a comma."
>>> />
>>> <p/>
>>> Image Label:
>>> <$edit-text
>>> tiddler=<<temp>>
>>> field=label
>>> class=fieldinput
>>> tag=input
>>> placeholder="Enter a brief label for the image."
>>> size=64
>>> />
>>> <p/>
>>> Image Details:
>>> <$edit-text
>>> tiddler=<<temp>>
>>> field=details
>>> class=fieldarea
>>> tag=textarea
>>> placeholder="Enter any detailed information about the image."
>>> />
>>> <p/>
>>> Surnames:
>>> <$edit-text
>>> tiddler=<<temp>>
>>> field=surnames
>>> tag=input
>>> class=fieldinput
>>> size=64
>>> placeholder="Enter all surnames separated by a comma."
>>> />
>>> <p/>
>>> <$button tooltip="save input">
>>> {{$:/images/google-material-design/image/two-tone/24px/add-a-photo}} Add
>>> New Image
>>> <$vars
>>> filename={{{ [title<temp>get[filename]] }}}
>>> archive={{{ [title<temp>get[archive]] }}}
>>> category={{{ [title<temp>get[category]] }}}
>>> label={{{ [title<temp>get[label]] }}}
>>> details={{{ [title<temp>get[details]] }}}
>>> >
>>> <$wikify name="text" text="""<$macrocall $name=newtext
>>> image=<<filename>> />""" output=html mode=inline>
>>> <$wikify name="archive" text="""<$macrocall $name=newarchive
>>> archive=<<archive>> />""" output=html mode=inline>
>>> <$set name="newtags"
>>> filter="[title<temp>get[surnames]split[,]] [[image]]">
>>> <$action-createtiddler
>>> $basetitle=<<filename>>
>>> text=<<text>>
>>> category=<<category>>
>>> details=<<details>>
>>> label=<<label>>
>>> tags=<<newtags>>
>>> archive=<<archive>>
>>> hide-body="yes"
>>> />
>>> </$set>
>>> </$wikify>
>>> </$wikify>
>>> </$vars>
>>> <$action-deletetiddler $filter="[<temp>]" />
>>> </$button>
>>> <$button tooltip="cancel input"> {{$:/core/images/cancel-button}}
>>> Clear Entries
>>> <$action-deletetiddler $filter="[<temp>]" />
>>> </$button>
>>> </$vars>
>>> \end
>>>
>>>
>>>
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