Thanks Mark,
That works for the decades. How would I modify that to add the individual
years as well as the decades? By the way, I really appreciate the help. I
obviously need it.
Damon
On Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at 11:21:02 AM UTC-7, Mark S. wrote:
>
> It's a little more complicated. You can generate like this:
>
> \define regxdate() ^$(prefix)$
>
> <$select field='primary'>
> <$list filter="[range[185,188]]" variable="prefix">
> <option value=<<regxdate>>><<prefix>>0s</option>
> </$list>
> </$select>
>
> The macro goes at the top of the tiddler. You can use the "multiple" and
> "size" options to put the list in its own box. The only problem is that
> your user could accidentally pick more than one item at a time.
> There might be a way to fix that by over-riding the class.
>
> HTH
>
>
> On Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at 10:58:08 AM UTC-7, Damon Pritchett wrote:
>>
>> Oh ok. That makes sense. Thanks.
>>
>> One more question. If I wanted to make it so I can select any given year
>> or a decade, is there a way I can do that without having to type in all of
>> the selections? Such as some kind of loop or similar? Also, I would
>> anticipate that the dropdown would get very large in that case. Is there a
>> way to make a scrollable dropdown?
>>
>> Thanks again,
>>
>> Damon
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at 10:48:29 AM UTC-7, Mark S. wrote:
>>>
>>> Well, the select widget has to store its results somewhere. However, you
>>> can specify some other tiddler in the select widget (e.g. <$select
>>> tiddler="SomeOtherTiddler"...> )
>>>
>>> You would then have to refer to it in your count widget
>>>
>>> <$count
>>> filter="[tag[Company]regexp:charterfiled{SomeOtherTiddler!!primary}]"/>
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at 10:36:26 AM UTC-7, Damon Pritchett wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 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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