Thanks Xavier! I think that butlast and last will work! 

On Friday, December 1, 2017 at 2:49:10 PM UTC-6, Xavier wrote:
>
> Hi Diego,
>
> I think the following butlast/last trick was given by Jed Carty a few 
> hours ago. It looks quite verbose because the outer list is essentially 
> duplicated, but I think it handles your three issues.
>
> <$list filter="[is[current]fields[]regexp[-url]butlast[]]" 
> variable="fieldname">
> <$list filter="[<fieldname>splitbefore[-]removesuffix[-]]" 
> variable="fieldprint">
> <$text text=<<fieldprint>>/> : <$link to=<<fieldprint>>><$view  
> field=<<fieldname>>/></$link>,
> </$list>
> </$list>
> <$list filter="[is[current]fields[]regexp[-url]last[]]" 
> variable="fieldname">
> <$list filter="[<fieldname>splitbefore[-]removesuffix[-]]" 
> variable="fieldprint">
> <$text text=<<fieldprint>>/> : <$link to=<<fieldprint>>><$view  
> field=<<fieldname>>/></$link>.
> </$list>
> </$list>
>
> Best,
> X.
>
>
> -- Xavier Cazin
>
> On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 9:29 PM, Diego Mesa <dieg...@gmail.com 
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> After reading/searching/experimenting I got:
>>
>> <$list filter="[is[current]fields[]regexp[-url]]" variable="fieldname">
>> <$list filter="[<fieldname>split:before[-]]" variable="fieldprint">
>> <$text text=<<fieldprint>>/>: <$view  field=<<fieldname>> /> <br/>
>> </$list>
>> </$list>
>>
>> There is still some confusion about the use of << vs < when referencing 
>> variables, and why I don't have to wrap <fieldname> with [<fieldname>] 
>> before giving it to split. 
>>
>> Remaining issues:
>>
>>    - actually making those render as URLs
>>    - If I replace the <br/> with a comma to get them all on one line, 
>>    I'm left with a trailing comma
>>    - If I instead try to generate external links as:  [[<$text 
>>    text=<<fieldprint>>/>|<$view field=<<fieldname>> />]]   it doesn't work. 
>>
>> There is still some residual confusion about using nested lists as nested 
>> for loop analogs, and how to actually use the variables in the "loops".
>>
>>
>> On Friday, December 1, 2017 at 2:04:41 PM UTC-6, Diego Mesa wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey all,
>>>
>>> I am trying to display a header for all posts tagged PoI that does, 
>>> among other things, display any urls I've placed in its fields. For 
>>> example, If I have a tiddler with the following fields:
>>>
>>> paper-url: test1.com
>>> hn-url: test2.com
>>> blog-url: test3.com
>>>
>>> I would like to have displayed
>>>
>>> Paper: test1.com
>>> HN: test2.com
>>> Blog: test3.com
>>>
>>> as the header. This is what I have so far:
>>>
>>> <$list filter="[is[current]fields[]regexp[-url]]" variable="fieldname">
>>> <$list filter="[[<<fieldname>>]split:before[-]]" variable="fieldprint">
>>> <$text text=<<fieldprint>>/> : <$view  field=<<fieldname>>/> <br>
>>> </$list>
>>> </$list>
>>>
>>> But this does not work. Without the split-before it renders as:
>>>
>>> <<fieldname>> : test1.com 
>>> <<fieldname>> : test2.com
>>> <<fieldname>> : test3.com
>>>
>>> which signifies that the <<fieldname>> isn't getting substituted 
>>> correctly in the inner list. I tried adding a <$set> between the nesting, 
>>> but that didn't work either. 
>>>
>>> Any specific (and general!) help would be greatly appreciated!
>>> Diego
>>>
>>>
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