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wig

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Smartlist Question
« on: January 23, 2006, 11:02:25 am »

I'm having trouble creating a smartlist which will give me the results I want. I've created a custom extended category called Exercise, which contains the values Yes, No ,Best, and Maybe. Most of the entries are yes, but I want a smartlist that gives me a good mix of Yes, Best and Maybe results. How can I make this work?

Right now I have ~n=20 ~sort=[Random] [Exercise]=[ Best],[ Maybe],[Yes] ~limit=-1,10,[Exercise] but this just halts the Yes entries at 10 without ensuring that the rest of the list gets filled up with Best and Maybe entries. Thanks for any help.
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marko

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Re: Smartlist Question
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2006, 12:43:34 pm »

I don't have time to work out a string for you right now, but you want to build your search around the ~mix rule.

MC 11: New Mix Smartlist Rule

you'll be wanting something like:

~mix=20,10,{[exercise]=yes},5,{[exercise]=maybe},5,{[exercise]=best} ~sort=random

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Re: Smartlist Question
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2006, 02:39:07 pm »

That was a great suggestion. Here's what I came up with

~mix=20,25%,{[Exercise]=Best},50%,{[Exercise]=Yes},25%,{[Exercise]=Maybe}


It's already randomly sorted, I assume that's a feature of the mix selection.
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Re: Smartlist Question
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2006, 03:24:40 pm »

yup. good stuff. you all happy now?
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