If you don't mind having every single year in your drop-down, then change
the range to range[1781,1979] or whatever your years are. Also get rid of
"0s" since it's no longer relevant.
On Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at 12:07:30 PM UTC-7, Damon Pritchett wrote:
>
> 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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