Re: [Semediawiki-user] ArrayExtension and #ask

[trueskew <tru...@gm...>]

That worked fine... I wasn't using arrayprint correctly in my #ask.  Thanks
Alex.

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From: Alex Kozak [mailto:ak...@cr...] 
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 1:53 PM
To: tru...@gm...
Cc: Sem...@li...
Subject: Re: [Semediawiki-user] ArrayExtension and #ask


I would do {{#arraymerge:ab|a|b}}{{#arraymerge:abc|ab|c}} (or just one
#arraymerge if it supports merging more than two arrays at once), and then
{{#ask: [[Category:Company]][[Has Name:{{#arrayprint:
abc|{{!}}{{!}}}}]]|...ask parameters...}} 

{{!}} would be a template call to a template called ! containing just the
pipe character |. Basically #arrayprint would print each element in the
merged array with {{!}}{{!}} as the separator, so you'd end up with each
element separated by ||
("Mazda||Ford||GM||IBM||Oracle||McAfee||Vons||Ralphs||").

You could also use #arraymap like this: {{#ask: [[Category:Company]][[Has
Name::{{#arraymap: {{#arrayprint: abc|,}}|,|@@|@@{{!}}{{!}}}}]]}} but that's
a bit more complicated.

I haven't tested it so I might have made a mistake but that's the general
idea.

AK

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 1:00 PM, trueskew <tru...@gm...> wrote:


I'm trying to use ArrayExtension to take 3 arrays that are filled on a form,
merge them together, and ultimately create an argument for #ask.  For
instance, I've got arrays

  a = Mazda Ford GM
  b = IBM Oracle McAfee
  c = Vons Ralphs

I want to be able to form this:

  {{#ask:[[Category:Company]]
  [[Has Name:Mazda||Ford||GM||IBM||Oracle||McAfee||Vons||Ralphs]]
  ...
  }}

I've experimented with arraydefine/arraymerge/arrayprint, but I'm still not
getting there.  If someone with ArrayExtension experience could offer some
help, I'd appreciate it.  I actually posted a few weeks ago about using
form-filled arrays directly.  I got that going, but now that I need to
merge, I assumed I needed ArrayExtension.  If I can do it without
ArrayExtension, I'm good with that.

Thanks.
- skew
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