List of lists in custom state (Jagged Array)?

Need help
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I need to create a list of lists, example:

Custom State: Reps (List of Lists of Numbers)

  • Index 1: 8,10,12
  • Index 2: 1,
  • Index 3: 18, 22

Similar to a Jagged Array:
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Is this possible?

Use case:
I have a RepeatingGroup that contains several inputs in each cell. Each cell creates a Thing, using the values from the inputs. I am using the Orchestra plugin to loop through and capture the inputs, which are added to custom states on the page container group.

For one of the inputs, users can select a checkbox that enables them to enter multiple ‘reps’ for an exercise. Essentially I want a custom state that has the following:

Custom State: Reps (List of Lists of Numbers)

  • Index 1: 8,10,12
  • Index 2: 1,
  • Index 3: 18, 22

For the following scenario:

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Alternatively, it would also be great if I could create [a list of] temporary Things in a custom state, each with the values from the inputs, then write each to the database (Create a Thing) at the end of the workflow.

2

States cannot be nested. States cannot store temporary datatypes.

My approach with something similar was to use a JSON like structure in a text state.

3

Seems like such simple and powerful functionality that we would want to store things in memory without writing to the DB…

:expressionless:

Can you shed some light on how you use JSON to do this?

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It’s not exactly JSON but like JSON. So a single text may look something like this

GroupA{SubGroup[SubSubGroup]}

Or for something simpler

Group A|Group B|Group C

I just use regex to grab the nested data. You just adjust it according to how you would store and access the data.

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