Thanks to all. I thought I had tried that, but apparently I was changing
too many things at once and didn't find the right one.
Damon
On Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at 3:36:39 PM UTC-7, Mark S. wrote:
>
> I made a mistake, but this code works:
>
> <$select field='primary'>
> <option value='^185'>1850s</option>
> <option value='^186'>1860s</option>
> <option value='^187'>1870s</option>
> <option value='^188'>1880s</option>
> </$select>
>
>
> ''year:'' {{!!primary}}<br>
> <$count filter="[tag[Company]regexp:charterfiled{!!primary}]"/>
>
> HTH
>
> On Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at 1:54:21 PM UTC-7, Damon Pritchett wrote:
>>
>> Hi Mark,
>>
>> That was my very first go at it and it always returns the total count of
>> all Company tiddlers when there should be only anywhere from 4 to 111
>> depending on the decade chosen. The total number is well over 1000. I even
>> tried it with the square brackets while setting the value.
>>
>> That code I pasted was a copy and paste problem while I was in
>> transition. Sorry about that.
>>
>> Damon
>>
>> On Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at 1:36:49 PM UTC-7, Mark S. wrote:
>>>
>>> Without actually trying it, I can see you've got "charterfiled" in the
>>> value of each option. So the filter is seeing
>>>
>>> ...charterfiled<charterfiled[^185]>...
>>>
>>> Try making your options like:
>>>
>>> <option value='^185'>1850s</option>
>>>
>>> Good luck!
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at 12:57:50 PM UTC-7, Damon Pritchett wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>> I'm a newbie when it comes to filters and such so please bear with me.
>>>>
>>>> I have a TW where the tiddlers are companies and each tiddler has a
>>>> field called "charterfiled" for when the company was chartered. The format
>>>> of the charter field is 1864-08-20. I can count how many companies were
>>>> chartered in the 1860s with the following:
>>>>
>>>> <$count
>>>> filter="[tag[Company]regexp:charterfiled[^186]sortan[charterfiled]]"/>
>>>>
>>>> What I'm trying to do is to use the select widget to pick the decade
>>>> I'd like. I wrote the following:
>>>>
>>>> <$select field='primary'>
>>>> <option value='charterfiled[^185]'>1850s</option>
>>>> <option value='charterfiled[^186]'>1860s</option>
>>>> <option value='charterfiled[^187]'>1870s</option>
>>>> <option value='charterfiled[^188]'>1880s</option>
>>>> </$select>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ''year:'' {{!!primary}}<br>
>>>> <$count filter="[tag[Company]regexp:charterfiled<primary>]"/>
>>>>
>>>> The variable "primary" gets set correctly, but the count returns all of
>>>> the tiddlers tagged Company and not just the ones from the 1860s. What am
>>>> I doing wrong? I've tried many different things in the filter and the
>>>> count
>>>> will return 0 or the total number, but never the correct number.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Damon
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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