Thank you much, Soren, both examples work perfectly! Hopefully I'll get to the point, some day, where I actually understand this syntax and can graduate from being a script kiddie. But in the meantime, I can use this.
Thanks again! On Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 6:38:56 PM UTC-4 Soren Bjornstad wrote: > If I'm understanding what you want correctly, the easiest way is a filtered > transclusion <https://tiddlywiki.com/#Transclusion%20in%20WikiText> with > the getindex operator: > > {{{ [{ApplicationChoice}getindex{!!idnumber}] }}} > > If you don't want the result to show up as a link, you can use the $text > widget: > > <$text text={{{ [{ApplicationChoice}getindex{!!idnumber}] }}}/> > > As you noted, {{ApplicationChoice##{{!!idnumber}}}} doesn't work. > TiddlyWiki doesn't parse wikitext inside double braces, so once you get > into the first {{, it's not going to know what to do with {{!!idnumber}}. > On Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 9:49:48 AM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > >> >> I want to build a transclusion from the text of one tiddler and the >> returned lookup value from a data tiddler. For example. I want to build and >> evaluate ``{{drill##101}}`` and get ``P01.02.03`` from the following >> pieces: >> >> * ``{{AplicationChoice}}`` evaluates to or contains ``drill``, and >> * Data tiddler ``drill`` has an entry ``101:P01.02.03``, and >> * ``{{ID101!!idnumber}}`` is ``101``, and >> * I want to do this transclusion from the ``ID101`` tiddler (or from >> other ID tiddlers with different ID numbers). >> >> Conceptually, from tiddler ID101 I'd like to evaluate `` >> {{ApplicationChoice##{{!!idnumber}}}}`` and get ``P01.02.03`` ... but >> that isn't working. I'll admit to not well understanding use of braces, >> square brackets, angle brackets and spacing to control evaluation of text. >> >> ***Background >> >> There are tiddlers for each of the multiple IDs (e.g., ID101, ID102, >> ID103, ...), and data tiddlers for each of the multiple applications (e.g., >> drill, saw, hammer, ...). There are multiple Ps (e.g., P01.01.01, P03.01, >> P03.01.04, ...) but no tiddlers are defined for each P number. I select the >> current application by using a selection list to put the selected >> application into tiddler ``ApplicationChoice``. I want the ID number >> tiddlers to display their associated P number based on the selected >> application. >> >> Note that the ID number and the P number are different, separate from >> each other, and have a many-to-many relationship. The particular >> relationship to use is based on the application chosen (e.g., drill, or >> saw, or hammer), so I can't put a constant ID number field in P tiddlers, >> and I can't put a constant P number field in the ID number tiddlers. This >> relationship has been provided to me and I can't change it. P numbers are >> used to navigate an interface (they are the screen name), and ID numbers >> contain the actual nuggets of information. >> >> Thanks ahead of time for any suggestions! >> >> ~Mark Hylton >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/ad3d2097-7920-470b-89b7-340fddb05298n%40googlegroups.com.
