Tiddlywiki Custom Field Sort As Number

[Taylor Jensen]

I'm making a TiddlyWiki where some of the tiddlers contain the following fields: `age` `year` `month` `date` corresponding to the date of the tiddler in a fictional universe (hence I can't use the existing date fields, the calendar is different).

I have this code that creates a list and sorts tiddlers more or less correctly by `age`, `year`, `month`, `date` in that order:

    <$list filter="[tag[history]] [tag[progress]] +[!sort[date]!sort[month]!sort[year]!sort[age]]">
    <$link>{{!!title}}</$link> | <span style="font-weight: bold;">Age:</span> {{!!age}} <span style="font-weight: bold;">Year:</span> {{!!year}} <span style="font-weight: bold;">Month:</span> {{!!month}} <span style="font-weight: bold;">Date:</span> {{!!date}}<br>
    </$list>

But when I have a field that is say `month:11` it gets sorted after `month:1` and before `month:2` because it's being evaluated and sorted as text.

So my question comes down to how can I force `sort[]` to treat its parameter like an integer, or how can I tell TiddlyWiki what kind of data I'm storing in my custom fields?

[Mark S.]

I don't understand all those reverse sorts you're doing, but then again, there's a lot I don't understand ;-)

I think you want the "nsort" operator.

Good luck!
Mark

[Taylor Jensen]

It's so I get the most recent events first.

nsort sounds like the exact thing I want. Will verify shortly.

On Mon, Jun 20, 2016, 6:25 PM 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki <tiddl...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

I don't all those reverse sorts you're doing, but then again, there's a lot I don't understand ;-)

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[Taylor Jensen]

Yup, nsort is exactly what I need. Thanks so much!

On Monday, June 20, 2016 at 6:27:49 PM UTC-4, Taylor Jensen wrote:

It's so I get the most recent events first.

nsort sounds like the exact thing I want. Will verify shortly.

On Mon, Jun 20, 2016, 6:25 PM 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki <tiddl...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

I don't all those reverse sorts you're doing, but then again, there's a lot I don't understand ;-)

I think you want the "nsort" operator.

Good luck!
Mark

On Monday, June 20, 2016 at 3:21:42 PM UTC-7, Taylor Jensen wrote:

I'm making a TiddlyWiki where some of the tiddlers contain the following fields: `age` `year` `month` `date` corresponding to the date of the tiddler in a fictional universe (hence I can't use the existing date fields, the calendar is different).

I have this code that creates a list and sorts tiddlers more or less correctly by `age`, `year`, `month`, `date` in that order:

    <$list filter="[tag[history]] [tag[progress]] +[!sort[date]!sort[month]!sort[year]!sort[age]]">
    <$link>{{!!title}}</$link> | <span style="font-weight: bold;">Age:</span> {{!!age}} <span style="font-weight: bold;">Year:</span> {{!!year}} <span style="font-weight: bold;">Month:</span> {{!!month}} <span style="font-weight: bold;">Date:</span> {{!!date}}<br>
    </$list>

But when I have a field that is say `month:11` it gets sorted after `month:1` and before `month:2` because it's being evaluated and sorted as text.

So my question comes down to how can I force `sort[]` to treat its parameter like an integer, or how can I tell TiddlyWiki what kind of data I'm storing in my custom fields?

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[Duarte Farrajota Ramos]

Damn! I was madly searching precisely for this a few weeks ago and never found a solution. Didn't know about nsort, just assumed there was no way to sort numbers in tiddlywiki.
This would have saved me a lot of time then, now waste time again to fixing it... oh well always learning.

Anyway thanks for the tip