Hi Team. I have read but have not come across a solution that counts the number of options in a select multiple lists (All options = Selected + Unselected). List that changes based on the set filter meaning the list will be changing based on a selection made. How can I urgently solve this. Please Help.
Joe.
It’s complicated: You could probably use count() and instance() with the choice-filter (see Form Datasets - ODK Docs). See an unfiltered example here Counting the number of all options in a select_one / select_multiple variable - #28 by Xiphware - Ideas - ODK Forum.
Do you mean a (dynamic) choice_filter here?
Or do you mean the total unfiltered list of choices in the choice list?
Are you using Collect or Enketo?
@joe.phiri, this post discussed previously should help you solve your issue:
Hi @Kal_Lam,
the requirement might be different, please
How can the total of all choices in the choice list be counted (in your example: 15 hardcoded)?
See Counting the number of all options in a select_one / select_multiple variable - #29 by Hussein_Lightwalla - Ideas - ODK Forum
How can a subtotal of available choices, based on a dynamic filter, be counted? For ex. the choices with number(name) < 10.
See Counting the number of all options in a select_one / select_multiple variable - #28 by Xiphware - Ideas - ODK Forum
Hi @Kal_Lam , Am looking at a dropdownlist that is not static as in, The total option list changes based on the choice filter. How can I count the options that change and not the same for me to get the total options in a list. Thereafter I can use the count-selected to get the selected choices.
The count-selected(…) will work independent of the total choices availables.
You can probably adapt the 2nd linked example above.
