I wish I could put a regex in a filter, in order to select all fields whose identifiers begin with the same group of characters in tiddlers inheriting one of my templates.
The needed functionality is to loop through different fields with the same name except for a number at the end, outputting a phrase before the value of those fields only if that particular tiddler is present in the child tiddlers that will transclude the template. The intended purpose is to list people who are the subjects of photographs; each photograph tiddler has one or more "subject#" fields containing names. A portrait of John Smith has a field *subject 1: John Smith*, while an expedition photo of Lewis and Clark might have *subject1: Meriwether Lewis* and *subject2: William Clark*. Three thoughts about how to do this: - A regex in a $list widget, if such a thing were possible: <$list filter="[all[current]has[subject*[1-9]*]"> - A *for* loop... I'm guessing this would require a macro? Would I define the index variable using the *$set* widget? - The *$fields* widget allows me to approximate what I want to do due to its useful *template* attribute, but it is difficult to foresee all the many fields that need to be exlcuded using its *exclude* attribute. I saw that there is an escaperegexp operator <https://tiddlywiki.com/#escaperegexp%20Operator>, but I'm guessing that this filter notation merely escapes regex strings? I don't really understand; I'm not a developer myself, merely a user who has learned basic JavaScript syntax. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/fa94d506-fc1c-4cd1-9f7d-5a9d5e17dec1%40googlegroups.com.
