Tiddler Count to dictate HTML table rowspan

[Stuart Amor]

I am trying to devise a way where a tiddler tag count dictates the number of merged columns in a table.  The following lines gives me the tiddler tag count:

<$count tiddler="Contents" filter=[tag[Contents]]/>

And I am using the following script example to generate a html table colspan:

<table>

<tr>

<td colspan="3">  3 columns </td>

</tr>

<tr><td> 1 </td><td> 2 </td><td> 3 </td></tr>

</table>Enter code here...

But when I combine the two items...

<table>

<tr>

<td colspan="<$count tiddler="Contents" filter=[tag[Contents]]/>">  <$count tiddler="Contents" filter=[tag[Contents]]/> columns </td>

</tr>

<tr><td> 1 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 1 </td></tr>

</table>

I can't find a way to make the count number within the colspan statement equate to a number.  I have tried macros and everything

[Jeremy Ruston]

Hi Stuart

The trick is to use the wikify widget to render the output of the count widget into a variable, and then to transclude that variable as the value of the colspan attribute. For example:

<$wikify name="count" text="<$count filter='[tag[Contents]]'/>">

<table>

<tr>

<td colspan=<<count>>>

<$count tiddler="Contents" filter=[tag[Contents]]/> columns </td>

</tr>

<tr><td> 1 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 1 </td></tr>

</table>

</$wikify>

Best wishes

Jeremy.

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[TonyM]

Stuart,

I suggest you follow jeremys suggestion, however your code has a problem you could have noticed. Your Quotes are all over the place

"<$count tiddler="Contents" filter=[tag[Contents]]/>">  <$count tiddler="Contents" filter=[tag[Contents]]/> columns 

See below I how broke it up based on pairs of quotes, as if I was tiddlywiki trying to work out what you were asking.

"<$count tiddler="

Contents

" filter=[tag[Contents]]/>"

>  <$count tiddler=

"Contents"

 filter=[tag[Contents]]/> columns 

Regards

Tony

[Mohammad]

Hi

Is tiddler attribute here added by mistake

<$count tiddler="Contents" filter="[tag[Contents]]"/>

The documentation does not show such attribute for Count Widget!

I think the correct syntax is as below

<$count filter="[tag[Contents]]"/>

--Mohammad

[TonyM]

But filter in quotes

[Mohammad]

That's right!

On Thursday, January 31, 2019 at 10:48:36 AM UTC+3:30, TonyM wrote:

But filter in quotes