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sasaj70979440
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May 24, 2022
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Selecting specific textIndex

  • May 24, 2022
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Hello,

how do I simplify and optimize the code below? As you can see I would like to affect every 6th character starting with #2 when the length of the text is not predetermined. Thank you in advance.

 

if(textIndex == 2 || textIndex === 8 || textIndex === 14 || textIndex === 20 || textIndex === 26) {

     100;

} else {

     0;

}

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Correct answer Dan Ebberts

Dan,

apologizes for taking more of your time for such basic questions,
but what is the best way to combine

 

textIndex%6 == 2 ? 100 : 0

and

textIndex%6 == 0 ? 100 : 0

so one expression will cover both of these situations.

I am asking all of this because I am taking  #2 from 

 

thisProperty.propertyGroup(3).name;

 

where "Animator" name is "2".

Of course, I start with "1" and by duplicating the animator everything works fine until I hit the 6th copy. As you recommended I could change it manually into "0" but I am looking for the way that the original expression applied to the "1" will work in the "6" etc., as well.
Thank you in advance.


Like this I guess:

n = thisProperty.propertyGroup(3).name%6;
textIndex%6 == n ? 100 : 0

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Mylenium
Mylenium
Legend
May 24, 2022

Here's another solution:

 

gLen=6;
gOff=2;

((textIndex+gOff) % gLen)*selectorValue

 

Mylenium

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sasaj70979440Author
Known Participant
May 24, 2022

Thank you Mylenium. That is interesting but it gives different results than what I was looking for. It applies color to 1-3 skips 4 and then applies to 5-6. Check the attached if curious.

Mylenium
Mylenium
Legend
May 24, 2022

textIndex % 6 + 2

 

Mylenium

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sasaj70979440Author
Known Participant
May 24, 2022

Thank you.

When I replace 

(textIndex == 2 || textIndex === 8 || textIndex === 14 || textIndex === 20 || textIndex === 26)

with

(textIndex % 6 + 2)

the effect is not the same.

Attached is the screenshot of what I am trying to achieve and it is working with my expression, but I would just like to simplify it so I can automate different scenarios. 

 

 

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sasaj70979440Author
Known Participant
July 3, 2022

I think your setup is the opposite of what I'm used to, but when I've done grids in the past, you get the column number with index%numberOfColumns and you get the row number with Math.floor(index/numberOfColumns). I don't know if that helps at all.


Thank you, Dan, for your time,

I am not sure if I was clear enough in my question.

 

Just to explain something in general, I am building the box chart graphic using Webdings "g" letter which is a square (you can see the reference image in the attachment above)

 

Let's say I have a box graph with 4 rows and 5 columns

 

With the expression that I used based on your previous advice, it selects 1st box and then 5th, 9th, 13th and 17th.

 

My question is how can I write the expressions that select 1st 4 boxes.

And because I am using thisProperty.propertyGroup(3).name but duplicating the "Animator"

I should be able to select 5th to 8th and then 9th to 12th and so on.

 

This may be very basic and I thank you again for your help.

 

 

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