Need help (yet again) with filter {match}

[Tony K]

relevant portion of the code below

<$vars lastEntry="""{{{ [<Content>split[<br />]!is[blank]last[]] }}}""">        
        <$list filter="[<Content>split[<br />]!is[blank]]" variable="entry">
                <<lastEntry>> <$text text=<<entry>>/> <br>
                <$set name=isLast  filter="[<entry>match<lastEntry>]"  value="true" emptyValue="false">
                    <<isLast>>
                </$set>
         </$list>
</$vars>

lastEntry is the last split of <Content> with <br />

<Content> is being split with <br /> and being fed into a variable entry

for each entry i am comparing <<lastEntry>> with <<entry>>, I want to set isLast to true when it is the last entry 

needless to say i can't get it to work :)

thanks 

[TonyM]

Tony

It can be helpful to state what you want to achieve separate from the partial solution that has a problem.

However I think what you are trying to do may be a common need, 

could you restate what you want, its easier than me reverse engineering first?

Regards

Tony

[Eric Shulman]

On Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 4:15:31 PM UTC-7, Tony K wrote:

relevant portion of the code below

<$vars lastEntry="""{{{ [<Content>split[<br />]!is[blank]last[]] }}}""">        
        <$list filter="[<Content>split[<br />]!is[blank]]" variable="entry">
                <<lastEntry>> <$text text=<<entry>>/> <br>
                <$set name=isLast  filter="[<entry>match<lastEntry>]"  value="true" emptyValue="false">
                    <<isLast>>
                </$set>
         </$list>
</$vars>

lastEntry is the last split of <Content> with <br />

You have tripled-quotes around the lastEntry value.  This make it a literal string containing the text of the filter itself.  Removing those will allow the "inline filter" to be evaluated.

enjoy,

-e

[Saq Imtiaz]

@TonyK

Use triple or single quotes for filter= assignments as they are strings.

But when passing a filter to a normal parameter you need no quotes and the triple braces to indicate that the parameter should be interpreted as a filter and not a literal string

[Tony K]

@TonyM

I always try to explain but still fails to :) sorry about that I will get better with time 

Thank you 

@Eric @Saq

that was it !!! thanks a lot

[TonyM]

TonyK

That is OK, I could have done a rudimentary second set of eyes for syntax issues.

As long as we solve each others problems in the end.

Tony