Array with newlines?

[Megan Taylor]

I have a var TLIST() which prints out (for example) banana,pineapple,strawberry,melon. I want to get
 
banana
pineapple
strawberry
melon

Is this possible, and how would I go about that?

[Scott]

Just do a Variable Split with a comma as the splitter.  That will give you an array with those four elements.  Then you can "print off" the elements however you want.

The UI has changed since this article was written and there are some new features it doesn't mention but it's a good place to start with using arrays in Tasker.

http://www.pocketables.com/2012/10/beginners-guide-to-tasker-part-7-variable-arrays.html

[Megan Taylor]

I've read that article, and still find the way that Tasker does arrays confusing. Isn't TLIST() already an array?

[Scott]

TLIST() isn't Tasker notation, so it's hard to say.  "Prints out" is also ambiguous.  There's no "print" action in Tasker.  

If your data is already in an array, just "print out" your data one element at a time with a  new line between each element.

Perhaps you should just export the applicable task(s) as descriptions (not XML) and post it/them here.

[Megan Taylor]

If you scroll down to variable arrays on this page, it shows the array notation I'm using: http://tasker.dinglisch.net/userguide/en/variables.html

I'm passing a single variable to Dashclock from Tasker.

This is my javascript:

jsonData = JSON.parse(global("HTTPD"));

var y = 0; // needed a separate incrementing var for TLIST

if (jsonData[0].data[0] !== 'undefined') {
    for (i = 0; i < jsonData[0].data.length; i++) {
        setGlobal('TLIST'+y, jsonData[0].data[i].content);
        y++;
    }
}

if (jsonData[1].data[0] !== 'undefined') {
    for (i = 0; i < jsonData[1].data.length; i++) {
        setGlobal('TLIST'+y, jsonData[1].data[i].content);
        y++;
    }
}

if (jsonData[2].data[0] !== 'undefined') {
    for (i = 0; i < jsonData[2].data.length; i++) {
        setGlobal('TLIST'+y, jsonData[2].data[i].content);
        y++;
    }
}

[Scott]

Well, all Tasker variables start with a % and all caps is reserved for all built in variables, but I think I understand what you're asking better.  ;)

When you have an array in Tasker and reference it by adding the parenthesis (i.e. %tlist()) what you get is the contents of the array separated by commas.  It's just a convenient, built in way to get all of the contents of an array.  If you want something other than that you have to reference it differently.  You'll likely need a for loop that does something with each element individually if you want something different.   

[Megan Taylor]

Got it! Wow, that's so complicated. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

Megan Taylor
www.megantaylor.org
305-793-7001

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[Scott Miller]

On Sep 10, 2014 3:24 PM, "Scott" <scott...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> ... all caps is reserved for all built in variables ...

This is not accurate. Built in variables happen to be all caps, because they are global variables, but any global variable, even user defined variables, can be all caps. See the user guide for details about global and local variables.