Custom Column with word count index

[chaley]

Originally Posted by davidfor

chaley: I like it. My vote goes for the first version. The second version is a lot more flexible, but I think the first is much simpler to read and understand. With the second I know I would mess up the arguments and spend hours trying to sort out. And if I didn't put them in order, I would miss a range somewhere.

I sort of like the idea of having it as:

first_matching_compare(v, val1, lt1, val2, lt2,  ..., ltn, elseval)

That reads to me as: val1 if v<lt1, val2 if lt1<=v<lt2, val3 if lt2<=v<lt3 and so on until elseval if v>=ltn. But, I think that would be inconsistent with the other template functions.

You are right, that is inconsistent with all the other similar functions.

I submitted the changes to Kovid (not yet merged) for a "first_matching_cmp" function. I decided to use "cmp" so that it was consistent with the numeric comparision function "cmp" and not confused with strcmp. If there is demand I can also add a first_matching_strcmp, but I don't see many use cases for it.

The inline doc for the new function is

_('first_matching_cmp(val, cmp1, result1, cmp2, r2, ..., else_result) -- '
            'compares "val < cmpN" in sequence, returning resultN for '
            'the first comparison that succeeds. Returns else_result '
            'if no comparison succeeds. Example: '
            'first_matching_cmp(10,5,"small",10,"middle",15,"large","giant") '
            'returns "middle". The same example with a first value of 16 '
            'returns "giant".')

EDIT: Kovid committed the change to the "master" branch.

[Jellby]

If the comparison is "val < cmpN", the example:

first_matching_cmp(10,5,"small",10,"middle",15,"la rge","giant")

should return "large", not "middle", since 10 < 10 is not true.

(EDIT: what the...? Why does "large" appear as "la rge" in my post? I even typed the whole line, so no weird characters there)

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by Jellby

If the comparison is "val < cmpN", the example:

first_matching_cmp(10, 5, "small", 10, "middle", 15, "large", "giant")

should return "large", not "middle", since 10 < 10 is not true.

(EDIT: what the...? Why does "large" appear as "la rge" in my post? I even typed the whole line, so no weird characters there)

Here, I fixed it for you.

The forum software has a weird problem it seems, where a single line of text that is too long without spaces will get randomly broken in the middle. You could also put it in as code, which kinda fits here.

first_matching_cmp(10,5,"small",10,"middle",15,"large","giant")

[chaley]

Originally Posted by Jellby

If the comparison is "val < cmpN", the example:

first_matching_cmp(10,5,"small",10,"middle",15,"large","giant")

should return "large", not "middle", since 10 < 10 is not true.

Fix to documentation submitted to Kovid.

[Snow Sciles]

I'm going to butt in here and ask, how do you get the word count for a book? Do you add it manually, or is there another way?

I ask because I'm looking to pull info from some epubs and place it into a column, but is this even possible? The cover has linked info about the story, (fandom, word count, tags etc..) that would be useful.

[BetterRed]

@Snow Sciles see - Count Pages Plug In - https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=134000

BR

[Snow Sciles]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

@Snow Sciles see - Count Pages Plug In - https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=134000

BR

Thanks!! I've yet to explore the plugin features.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by Snow Sciles

Thanks!! I've yet to explore the plugin features.

Then I urge you to do so, there's a sticky index in the Plugins sub forum.

BR