TY - I never would have figured that out.
/j
On Thursday, January 5, 2017 at 4:11:11 PM UTC-6, David Karger wrote:
>
> Index counts the number of presidents who came before; presidency the
> number of presidencies. so after grover cleveland's second presidency,
> each president's index is one less than their presidency, because grover
> cleveland counts as one president but two presidencies.
>
> so for the timeline the join is actually on presidency, not index.
>
> On Sunday, January 17, 2016 at 7:28:02 AM UTC-5, Jay Gray wrote:
>>
>> The presidents.json file has this entry for Grover Cleveland
>>
>> { "label": "Grover Cleveland",
>>> "type": "President",
>>> "presidency": [ 22, 24 ],
>>> "index": 22,
>>> "term": [ 25, 27 ],
>>> "religion": [ "Presbyterian" ]
>>> }
>>>
>>
>> Grover Cleveland was president # 22 and 24.
>>
>> But here are the timeline entries --
>>
>> { "label": "22",
>>> "type": "Presidency",
>>> "index": 22,
>>> "inDate": "1885-03-04",
>>> "outDate": "1889-03-04"
>>> },
>>> { "label": "23",
>>> "type": "Presidency",
>>> "index": 23,
>>> "inDate": "1889-03-04",
>>> "outDate": "1893-03-04"
>>> },
>>> { "label": "24",
>>> "type": "Presidency",
>>> "index": 24,
>>> "inDate": "1893-03-04",
>>> "outDate": "1897-03-04"
>>> },
>>>
>>
>> But good ole Grover doesn't map to "index": 24.
>>
>> William McKinney maps to "index": 24 --
>>
>> { "label": "William McKinley",
>>> "type": "President",
>>> "presidency": 25,
>>> "index": 24,
>>> "term": [ 28, 29 ],
>>> "dieInOffice": "yes",
>>> "religion": [ "Methodist" ]
>>> },
>>>
>>
>> Am I failing to understand the use of "index" as the 'join' between the
>> PERSON and the TIMELINE?
>>
>> Or is something else going on here?
>>
>> /jay
>>
>>
>>
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