Ok - now for another question. How can I modify this to make it use a
variable instead of a field so that the tiddler isn't changed?
Thanks
Damon
On Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at 4:13:25 PM UTC-7, Damon Pritchett wrote:
>
> 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:Ok -
>>
>> 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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