A question about the search operator

[hubertgk]

Hi,

I know we're able to search within tiddler fields as explained in the documentation -- for example, the below syntax...

[search:caption[arch]]

...will return all tiddlers containing the search term arch in their caption field.

I was wondering if tiddlywiki allows searching, in a similar fashion, in the indexes of a data tiddler as well? In many scenarios, tiddlywiki treats fields and indexes in a similar way, however, the above syntax does not seem to work for indexes (I know search can be case-sensitive, but still I had no luck).

I was wondering if anyone has been able to build a list filter that could return all tiddlers containing a given search term as the value in a specified index? What would be the syntax, if the one above does not work?

In the ideal world,

[search:skill[advanced]]

...would return all (data) tiddlers with the value 'advanced' under the index 'skill'. Unfortunately, no luck.

I'd be extremely grateful for any help :-)

Thanks!











[hubertgk]

I've found a way. So, just for the record, and to answer my own question, we can search in values of a specified index of a data tiddler by simply performing a full text search using a search term that's made up by the value being queried and the index that can be defined as a macro substitute, like here:

[search:text[skill: $(skill_level)$]]

having defined:

<$set name=skill_level value=advanced>
...
</$set>

This of course has limitations (possible false positives depending on a way the queried dataset is structured) but that's the only way I've found.

Still, looking forward to better solutions. Thanks!

[BurningTreeC]

Hello @hubertgk

you could also do this with two filters

<$list filter="[all[tiddlers+shadows]type[application/json]]" variable="jsonTiddler">
<$list filter="[<jsonTiddler>indexes[]regexp[^skill$]]">

<<jsonTiddler>>

</$list>
</$list>

[hubertgk]

Hi BurningTreeC and thanks for your input. Am I correct in saying that your code will search in indexes and not in their values?

I'm specifically looking to search in values.

Best regards,
Hubert

[Stephan Hradek]

To search in the values, i'm not sure, but I think this would do:

<$list filter="[all[tiddlers+shadows]

type[application/json]]" variable="jsonTiddler">
<$list filter="[<jsonTiddler>getindex[skill]search:title<skill_level>]">

<<jsonTiddler>>

</$list>
</$list>

[hubertgk]

Thanks Stephan, your suggestion worked. I've just had to change <skill_level> to [skill_level].

Thank you!
Regards,
Hubert