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Array interpreted as string in inline fields

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Describe the bug When a list is used within an inline field, it is interpreted as a string. If the same field is used in the Frontmatter, it works as expected.

To Reproduce

Create a note with the following content:

elements:: [3, 5, 6]

#test

Create a note with the following content:

```dataview
table
elements[0] as "First"
from #test
```

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The result is:

File	First
test_list	[

Expected behavior

File	First
test_list	3

Desktop (please complete the following information):

OS: macOS Catalina 0.15.7
Obsidian Version: 0.12.12
Dataview Version: 0.4.4

Additional context

If the field is used in the frontmatter, it works as expected:

---
elements: [3, 5, 6]
---

#test

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 2 years ago
Comments:8 (4 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

1reaction

blacksmithgucommented, Sep 9, 2021

The fix here got caught up in some other inline field improvements and will be released as part of 0.5.0.

1reaction

blacksmithgucommented, Aug 24, 2021

Punting to 0.4.6 later this week to not delay the current release too long.

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