nice one too.
I had not thought about using macros to define constants. Handier that
using variables. Is that a regular feature of your coding, Tones?
Le mardi 20 avril 2021 à 07:34:59 UTC+2, TW Tones a écrit :
> In your example there is a field with the value "name" for every entry,
> they do not need to be sorted.
> If on the other hand you are referring to values in the second field like
> "pleiade", now that is a different story.
>
> Another approach without the JSON mangler is to parse each line, then
> parse each value;
>
> Here is a hint at how it can be done. Note no json handling, just text
> handling.
>
> \define open-curly() {
> \define open-square() [
> \define close-square() ]
> \define dbl-quote() "
> \define comma() ,
> \define colon() :
>
> <$list
> filter="[{Data}splitregexp[\n]!prefix<open-square>!prefix<close-square>]"
> variable=each-line>
> ;<<each-line>><br>
> <$list filter="[<each-line>split<dbl-quote>nth[4]]">
>
> </$list>
> </$list>
>
> Regards
> Tones
> On Tuesday, 20 April 2021 at 08:17:02 UTC+10 jn.pierr...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Thank you Mark. The macro is a nice thing, but it is not a filter. This
>> allow to build the html for a sorted table.
>>
>> But there might be some case where I would need to refine the filter to
>> get a whole list of more complex data out of my filter. BUT this is not
>> true as of now.
>>
>> With your help, I can achieve what I want in a reasonable amount of code,
>> and clear code. That's great!
>>
>> Le lundi 19 avril 2021 à 20:34:39 UTC+2, Mark S. a écrit :
>>
>>> This is a slightly different approach that I've used before. The names
>>> are all fetched in a form where they can be wikified, turned back into a
>>> list, and then sorted. Then a lookup is done by name for each item and the
>>> project is extracted. I think from this you can see how you would proceed
>>> with extracting the URL as well. For this to work of course, the names have
>>> to be unique. I called the data tiddler "data" here.
>>>
>>> \define getnames() <$vars lb=" [[" rb="]]" sep="$$"><$list
>>> filter="[[data]indexes[]addsuffix[/name]]" variable="fetch">{{{
>>> [[data]getindex<fetch>addprefix<lb>addsuffix<rb>] }}}</$list></$vars>
>>>
>>> \define getprojectbyname(name)
>>> <$list filter="[[data]indexes[]]" variable="index">
>>> <$list filter="[<index>addsuffix[/name]]" variable=namepath>
>>> <$list filter="[[data]getindex<namepath>compare:string:eq<__name__>]">
>>> <$list filter="[<index>addsuffix[/project]]" variable=projectpath>
>>> {{{ [[data]getindex<projectpath>] }}}
>>> </$list></$list></$list></$list>
>>> \end
>>>
>>> <$wikify text="""<<getnames>>""" name="names">
>>> <$list filter="[enlist<names>sort[]]" variable="name">
>>> Name: <<name>> <br/>
>>> Project: <$macrocall $name="getprojectbyname" name=<<name>> /> <br/><br/>
>>>
>>> </$list>
>>> </$wikify>
>>>
>>> I've often thought how handy it would be if you could get two outputs
>>> from a list instead of just one. e.g. both and index and the index/name
>>> value.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Monday, April 19, 2021 at 8:56:23 AM UTC-7 jn.pierr...@gmail.com
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have a structured json data tiddler name "projects", which looks like
>>>> this:
>>>>
>>>> [
>>>> { "project": "pleiade", "name": "Pléiade v5", "url": "http:
>>>> pleiade.test.acmeserver.com" },
>>>> { "project": "rnvp", "name": "RNVP preprod", "url": "
>>>> https://rnvp.preprod.acmeserver.com"; },
>>>> { "project": "ars", "name": "application de réservation de salles",
>>>> "url": "http://ars.test.acmeserver.com"; }
>>>> ]
>>>>
>>>> I want to show this a list sorted on the "name" field. This is the
>>>> sorting part which I struggle to get, unsuccessfully.
>>>>
>>>> I have installed the jsonmangler plugin. I can't find a reherence doc
>>>> though. With numerous tries, I've been able to get my list, but not sorted.
>>>>
>>>> I have this idea to constitute a list of tiddlers where each item is
>>>> "name^index" where name is the name and index the index of each record.
>>>> Then I wold sort the list and reduce it to the index part to get the
>>>> sorted
>>>> list of index which would enable me to achieve the display I want.
>>>>
>>>> But I cannot build this name-index list. I have the list of the names
>>>> in the natural order and the list of numbers which are the natural indexes
>>>> of the items. I can then get a list list like "t0 t1 t2 0 1 2". I can in
>>>> fact be a little clever and build "t0 t1 t2 ^0; ^1; ^2;" instead and then
>>>> what I need is getting "t0 ^0; t1 ^1; t2 ^2;". This is the critical step I
>>>> don't know how to do.
>>>>
>>>> (because from there I would join it in "t0^0;t1^1;t2^2;", split that
>>>> along the ";" character and get the list of name^index I wish.)
>>>>
>>>> I know how to do it manually in the case of three records, like this:
>>>>
>>>> <ol>
>>>> <$list variable="demo" filter="[enlist[t0 t1 t2]append[^0; ^1;
>>>> ^2;]move:-2[^0;]move:-1[^1;]join[]split[;]!is[blank]]">
>>>> <li><<demo>></li>
>>>> </$list>
>>>> </ol>
>>>>
>>>> So the general idea would be to generate the part like
>>>> "move:-2[^0;]move:-1[^1;]" from the number of records. That is beginning
>>>> to
>>>> be very complex for what that is, how common this seems to be to me. So
>>>> surely there is a nicer way to do it.
>>>>
>>>> thanks in advance,
>>>>
>>>>
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