Radium, "In short, I wanted to make a 3D spreadsheet, where some cells (like "uses", "parts", "chemicals") could store multiple values (adding depth to cells), or in other words, an array inside a cell"
I think you are describing Jed's latest contribution [1] It sounds like an interesting project. If you've not already done so, I'd have a look at TiddlyMap [2] and have a play Alex [1] https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer#!msg/tiddlywiki/qBnuMYXXxWw/IBDQVB9NOwAJ [2] http://tiddlymap.org/ On 22 May 2016 at 20:17, Radium <[email protected]> wrote: > In short, I wanted to make a 3D spreadsheet, > where some cells (like "uses", "parts", "chemicals") could store multiple > values (adding depth to cells), or in other words, an array inside a cell. > > This way I could store all the data for all the 300 plants, > then sort them in whatever way I liked, > to look at them from different views, > to help me build more connections between them in my brain, > and hopefully retain/retrieve the info better in my memory. > > For example: > - listing all the plants belonging to X family. > - listing all plants with medicinal "root bark" > - all plants containing Y > - all plants having sedative properties > > (But I'm still figuring how to relate the "useful parts" data with the > "uses" data. > i.e. how to link the "sedative" property to the "blossoms", and the > "antiseptic" property to the "leaf" > Any ideas???) > > I tried MS Excel and Apple Numbers, none supported depth for cells > (AFAIK), and none had GET functions for extracting multiple values out of a > text stream based on a delimiter. > I also asked a friend who had access to FileMaker Pro Advanced 14, and he > couldn't find a way to do it either. > > -- > 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/4fded3c9-5264-478f-98a1-213d3a8828cb%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/4fded3c9-5264-478f-98a1-213d3a8828cb%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/CALc1hYdjW80JSjP0xLO6qreHsZLXXTS11%2BSQMkqO1NLePB0W8g%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
