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Answered Listbox to select Chunk

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    Andy Jones Reply #1, 6 years, 9 months ago
    Hi all,

    I though this would be easy, but I can't get my head round it!

    I have a number of chunks:
    [[$chunk_A]]
[[$chunk_B]]
[[$chunk_C]]


    Then I have a listbox TV called [[*selector]] so the user can choose which chunk to display with the following values:
    A||B||C


    Then in my template I want to display the selected chunk - which is where I've got stuck.
    I thought I could do something such as:
    [[$chunk_[[*selector]]]]


    But this doesn't work.

    It's probably a schoolboy error, but I can't work out what I've done wrong!

    Thanks
    Andy

    This question has been answered by Bruno17. See the first response.

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      Andy Tough Reply #2, 6 years, 9 months ago
      Is the user selecting the chunk to display from the Manager/backend, or are they making the selection in a front end form?
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        Bruno17 Reply #3, 6 years, 9 months ago
        this should work, usually

        do you get the right value with 
        [[*selector]]
        alone?
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          Bruno17 Reply #4, 6 years, 9 months ago
          you could also have input - options like 

          A==[[$chunk_A]]||B==[[$chunk_B]]||C==[[$chunk_C]]
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            Andy Jones Reply #5, 6 years, 9 months ago
            Quote from: andytough at Jul 20, 2017, 12:07 PM
            Is the user selecting the chunk to display from the Manager/backend, or are they making the selection in a front end form?

            It's in the manager they are selecting it.
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              Andy Jones Reply #6, 6 years, 9 months ago
              Quote from: Bruno17 at Jul 20, 2017, 12:15 PM
              you could also have input - options like 

              A==[[$chunk_A]]||B==[[$chunk_B]]||C==[[$chunk_C]]

              yes I get the right value with i just call the [[*selector]]. I will try and add the chunks directly to the options - will report back! Thanks as ever!
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                Andy Jones Reply #7, 6 years, 9 months ago
                Quote from: Bruno17 at Jul 20, 2017, 12:15 PM
                you could also have input - options like 

                A==[[$chunk_A]]||B==[[$chunk_B]]||C==[[$chunk_C]]

                That worked! I was overthinking it - Cheers Bob!