I think you need to find a way to mark those fields with something
different from a number ("1"). Otherwise the first time you need to track a
count in a tiddler everything is going to blow up. Maybe different field
contents (e.g. "tiddlerlink") or a naming convention (e.g. preface with
"pre_")
-- Mark
On Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 7:26:00 AM UTC-7, Dave wrote:
>
> yes, that's perfect - each of the fieldnames were names of data tiddlers.
> Thank you!!
>
> And, yes, I have been perusing those filter topics at tiddlywiki.com, but
> I never thought of/found "getindex". I'm sure as I learn more the
> different parts will start making more sense.
>
> At some point in the past I remember seeing a kind of "flow chart"
> explanation of filters, but I didn't find that last night. Have you ever
> come across that?
>
> On Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 7:03:33 AM UTC-6, Mark S. wrote:
>>
>> Hi Dave,
>>
>> You lost me at "of those data tiddlers". What data tiddlers? The field
>> names just recovered are names of data tiddlers? If so, then maybe:
>>
>> <$list filter="[all[current]fields[]]" variable="fieldname">
>> <$list filter="[all[current]get<fieldname>prefix[1]suffix[1]title
>> <fieldname>getindex[origin]]" variable="origin">
>> <<fieldname>> == <<origin>>
>> </$list>
>> </$list>
>>
>>
>> I recommend everything tagged with "Filters" at TiddlyWiki.com.
>> Familiarize yourself with [[Filter Operators]] to know what tools are
>> available. Filters remind me of that classic "Waterworks" game, where
>> you're trying to lay out a series of idiosyncratic pieces to arrive at your
>> destination without springing a leak.
>>
>> Have fun!
>> -- Mark
>>
>> On Saturday, July 28, 2018 at 11:11:30 PM UTC-7, Dave wrote:
>>>
>>> For the next step I'm trying to use that list of tiddlers to list the
>>> data listed in the index("origin") of those data tiddlers
>>>
>>> I've tried this:
>>>
>>> <$list filter="[indexes[origin]]">
>>> <$list filter="[all[current]fields[]]" variable="fieldname">
>>> <$list filter="[all[current]get<fieldname>prefix[1]suffix[1]]">
>>> <<fieldname>>
>>> </$list>
>>> </$list>
>>> </$list>
>>>
>>>
>>> and this
>>>
>>>
>>> <$list filter="[all[current]fields[]]" variable="fieldname">
>>> <$list filter="[all[current]get<fieldname>prefix[1]suffix[1]]">
>>> <$list filter="[indexes[origin]]">
>>> <<fieldname>>
>>> </$list>
>>> </$list>
>>> </$list>
>>>
>>>
>>> the first one doesn't returning anything, and the second one just
>>> repeats the initial list you gave me but multiplied (each item repeats for
>>> the number of items in the original list)
>>>
>>> Are there any tutorials or search terms I should use to find something
>>> to get this working? (and I also tried with "index" instead of "indexes")
>>>
>>
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