Re: XML to ConTeXt: converting date attribute from ISO date

[Axel Kielhorn <tex@axelkielhorn.de>]

> Am 11.03.2020 um 15:19 schrieb Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl>:
> 
> On 3/11/2020 3:12 PM, Axel Kielhorn wrote:
>>> Am 11.03.2020 um 15:01 schrieb Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl>:
>>> 
>>> On 3/11/2020 2:14 PM, Axel Kielhorn wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Had to change it to:
>>>> \startluacode
>>>>    function xml.finalizers.tex.MyDate(e,what,how)
>>>>        local ee = e[1].at[what]
>>>>        local t = (string.split(ee,"-"))
>>>>        context.date(
>>>>            { y = t[1], m = t[2], d = t[3] },
>>>>            { how }
>>>>        )
>>>>    end
>>>> \stopluacode
>>> You mean the () around the split? weird. Anyway, there's also a time splitter (dedicated to Alan who needed one):
>> No, sorry that’s an artifact from testing.
>> I had to assign:
>> local ee = e[1].at[what]
>> and
>> string.split(ee,"-")
>> in two steps while the original had
>> local t = string.split(e[1].at[what],"-")
> still strange because it's one value, if it were multiple you could do

This is strange.
Now it works.

Earlier I had context.date complaining that it got a table and not a string.
That’s why I took the t = assignment apart into pieces.

Now I copied the code from the original reply and it works.

Sorry for the noise.

Axel


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