Can you use both split and unique, in that order?

[bryllyg]

Syntax and functionality question - The list I am querying has a field with multiple comma delimited values. I am trying to:

• use #each go through all the items
• split the my multiselect-choice field on the comma
• then run through the split items and pull out only unique entries (I have to get unique after the split)

I can do one or the other, split the entry OR get unique, but I can't figure out a way to do both. Is it possible using the provided helpers?

I've tried variations using
{{#each items as |item|}}
{{#with {split fieldname ',') as |tag|}}
{{#each unique tag}}

Any suggestions? Thanks!

[Devilthehell]

Hey @bryllyg,

I do not have a field that contains multiple values separated by a comma, so I went ahead and plucked values out of a column to re create the scenario:

{{#each (unique (pluck DepartmentItems "Group"))}}{{.}},{{/each}}

Where "(pluck DepartmentItems "Group")" is the array of values that contain duplicates.
For your script, I would change

{{#with {split fieldname ',') as |tag|}}

to

{{#with (split fieldname ',') as |tag|}}

and

{{#each unique tag}}

to

{{#each (unique tag)}}{{.}},{{/each}}

Hope this helps.
Let me know if it does, or if I need to do something differently.
I didn't know about the ability of "as |item|" until now, but maybe it is just your system that allows it?

[bryllyg]

Thanks! I'll give it a go.