Louis, responding not directly to your question, but to the kind of task that seems to lie behind it:
if you're trying to display tables with rows that meet filter conditions, you might be well served by Mohammad's Shiraz plugin <https://kookma.github.io/TW-Shiraz/>, which offers dynamic tables with many lovely features. If you stand on Mohammad's shoulders, your tiddlywiki time is freed up to solve more nuanced problems! -Springer On Monday, August 9, 2021 at 9:46:15 AM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > > I'm trying to use the <$list> widget generate table rows. One is this even > possible. Two How? Here is simplified version of code I've tried. > > \define davout-list(levels: "1,3,5") > | ! Level | ! Blah | > <$list filter="[[$levels$]split[,]]" variable="level"> > | <<level>> | Blah | > </$list> > \end > > \define davout-list2(levels: "1,3,5") > | ! Level | ! Blah | > <$list filter="[[$levels$]split[,]]" variable="level"> > | <<level>> | Blah | > <$wikify name=wikifiedRow text=| <<level>> | Blah |> > <<wikifiedRow>> > </$wikify> > </$list> > \end > > <<davout-list>> > > <<davout-list2>> > > The html it generates: > <table><tbody><tr class="evenRow"><th align="center"> Level</th><th > align="center"> Blah</th></tr></tbody></table><p> > | 1 | Blah | > > | 3 | Blah | > > | 5 | Blah | > </p><table><tbody><tr class="evenRow"><th align="center"> Level</th><th > align="center"> Blah</th></tr></tbody></table><p> > | 1 | Blah | > > | Blah |> > | > > > | 3 | Blah | > > | Blah |> > | > > > | 5 | Blah | > > | Blah |> > | > > </p> > > It's closing the table and generating <p> tags. > --------------------------------------------------------- > A more general question. It's been stated that macros are text > substitution not functions that return a value. And they don't "evaluate". > I've seen first hand they don't return a value, but they do seem to at > least execute some code. For example they do call other macros: > > \define a() > <<b "here">> > \end > > \define b(where) > $where$ > \end > > <<a>> > > produces: > here > > So what are the rules for what macros will and will not "execute"? > > Thanks. > -- 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/4a5e1dbc-91dd-4767-9cd1-b21a9c43bf19n%40googlegroups.com.
