Does the indexes operator sort the output? Why? Test goto https://tiddler.wiki.com create a dictionary tiddler called test as below jane: mother loo : father ana: dauhther kian: son create another tiddler to test with below content <$list filter="[[test]indexes[]]" variable=link> * my name:…

The original order cannot be guaranteed because internally the dictionary tiddler is implemented as a JSON object. See: [image] How can I get the indexes of a data tiddler in the order they are given there? Behind the scenes, the name/value pairs in a diction…

Speculation but indexing/indexes is usually sorted to support locating the index value. Workaround, especially with dictionary tiddlers parse the text field directly; <ul> <$list filter="[[Data]get[text]splitregexp[\n]]" variable=each-line> <li> {{{ [<each-line>split[:]first[]] }}}</li> </$list> </…

Thank you Tony! Good workaround! See: $:/core/modules/filters/indexes.js /*\ title: $:/core/modules/filters/indexes.js type: application/javascript module-type: filteroperator Filter operator for returning the indexes of a data tiddler \*/ (function(){ /*jslint node: true, browser: true */ /*gl…

FYI: I removed results.sort(); from $:/core/modules/filters/indexes.js saved and reloaded and it worked with your test data and did not sort. may be unreliable? As just a script kiddie I tried to make my own operator rawindexes but it only returns the data tiddler? rawindexes.json (812 Bytes) <$…

[image] TW_Tones: FYI: I removed results.sort(); from $:/core/modules/filters/indexes.js saved and reloaded and it worked with your test data and did not sort. may be unreliable? There is some discussion about this issue at GitHub Filter operator `indexes` should not change the order of an …

I’ve updated the docs for the indexes operator to note the sorting behaviour: Docs: Update indexes operator to note that results are sorted committed 09:43AM - 29 Dec 22 UTC (UTC) [image] Jermol…

Thank you all! I understood there is a technical reason for sorting the output from indexes. Workaround For my use case where I need the original order, I used the solution by @TW_Tones and it works for me <$list filter="[[test]get[text]splitregexp[\n]] :map[split[:]trim[]]" variable=link> * my…

The Indexes Operator

saqimtiaz December 29, 2022, 9:22am 5

The original order cannot be guaranteed because internally the dictionary tiddler is implemented as a JSON object. See: