Filtering: Ability to filter OUT tags

[Keileon]

As per Pilauli's post here!

 

Suggesting/requesting the ability to use the filtering system to find everything NOT in the chosen tags. How this would likely best work is using a different symbol in place of the #, so instead of (as in the example in the linked post) using #cb #pinkdragon to find all CB Pink dragons, one could use, say, !cb #pinkdragon to find all non-CB Pink dragons or #cb !spinelwyvern !golddragon to find all CB dragons that are not Spinel Wyverns or Gold dragons.

 

I use ! as the main example/suggestion here because I know an exclamation point translates into "not" in many coding languages, but theoretically any could work. It's common enough that I even briefly checked to make sure it wasn't already a thing in filtering.

 

Also possibly make it so that you simply add the ! to the # instead of replacing it:

35 minutes ago, Pilauli said:

One thing I would like to see is that, instead of replacing the #, the ! should go next to it.  For example, !#pinkdragon.  This is because if I typed !dorkface, I would want it to return the dragons who didn't have "Dorkface" in their names, rather than the dragons which didn't have #dorkface as a tag.  The reasons are probably obvious.

 

 

Disclaimer: this is not a thread about adding new filters, just the ability to use existing filters to filter tags OUT. It's a minor tweak to the filter system. Please don't use this thread to suggest new filters or overhauls to the filter system or whatever. Thread hijacking sucks, yo.

Edited October 4, 2020 by Keileon
I keep messing up lol

[Paintra]

Support! I would definitely use this.

[Sundew]

Yes please, would be useful and makes sense to add to our existing filters

[Pilauli]

Thank you for posting this, Keileon!

 

One thing I would like to see is that, instead of replacing the #, the ! should go next to it.  For example, !#pinkdragon.  This is because if I typed !dorkface, I would want it to return the dragons who didn't have "Dorkface" in their names, rather than the dragons which didn't have #dorkface as a tag.  The reasons are probably obvious.

[Keileon]

That could work too. I'm not certain what the coding for that would look like, is all; I understand the logic enough to hazard a guess at how one would code the ! replacing the #, but since I'm not actually a coder I'm unsure about how it would look adding it.

[Pilauli]

I'm no great coder either, but I'm pretty sure the standard usage of ! as "not" means "just do the opposite of whatever I say next".  So it probably isn't much (if any) harder to implement.  And I would like the extra versatility, while I'm begging for increased versatility anyway. 

Edited October 4, 2020 by Pilauli

[dragonico]

Massive support, this would make grouping things so much easier.

[HeatherMarie]

Oh goodness yes please! This would be so helpful. 

[ShorahNagi]

I only recently learned how to filter dragons - so anything that can help me further sort them would be much appreciated. Full support

[Ruby Eyes]

Yes, please!

 

I would use it e.g. to find all #bred individuals of a breed that are not #2g (so !2g or !#2g) so I might find my checkers easier.

Edited October 4, 2020 by Ruby Eyes

[camelia2]

Support! 

And I like is a mechanic I know! Pokemon Go also uses it with ! for not

 

And please, please, more filters! Like #hatchling/adult or #unbredable or #hybrid

Edited October 6, 2020 by camelia2

[Keileon]

48 minutes ago, camelia2 said:

And please, please, more filters! Like #hatchling/adult or #unbredable or #hybrid

 

On 10/3/2020 at 7:40 PM, Keileon said:

Disclaimer: this is not a thread about adding new filters, just the ability to use existing filters to filter tags OUT. It's a minor tweak to the filter system. Please don't use this thread to suggest new filters or overhauls to the filter system or whatever. Thread hijacking sucks, yo.

 

I put that there for a reason