Re: quantity of accessories/sizes follow-up question

["Christian J. Müller" <cmueller@polinet.ch>]

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Try this (untested):
[perl interpolate=1]
@number = [data products yourattributefield key];
return $number;
[/perl]
Chris


Edward Mack wrote:
> 
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> I am interested in doing something that will show the quantity of sizes an
> item is available in.  For example:  "This item is available in 4 sizes",
> where the "4" would be generated based on the number of sizes (or commas) in
> the sizes attribute field of the products database.  i.e.: 7", 8", 9", 10"
> 
> The following code was suggested and works, however it counts the number of
> commas and spaces... So 7", 7 1/2", 8 1/2" gives me a result of 5 not the
> desired result of 3.  I see the same behavior when using the
> [loop-increment] tag.  Is there a way to choose the delimiter the [loop ...]
> tag uses?
> 
> Thank you for your help!
> 
> [set sizeloopcount][/set]
>    [loop arg=[item-field size]]
>                                         [perl arg=scratch interpolate=1]
>                                         $Safe{'scratch'}{'sizeloopcount'}
> ++;
>                                         return '';
>                                 [/perl]
>    [/loop]
> There are [scratch sizeloopcount] sizes available.
> 
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