Cal EXT3 - understanding transforming

sdetweil

@_V_ from his readme

sdetweil

@_V_ what do you mean for title? We just searched title
If you want to change it. Then do that

ev.title=‘new string’

Same with symbol

sdetweil

@_V_ you can change any property of the event

_V_

I get the idea but since Im quite new to this, I cant follow completely.
Again the example

eventTransformer: (ev) => {
  if (ev.title.search("John") > -1) ev.color = "blue";
  return ev;
};

Now you told me, “search” is a look up in form of “if contains” - this means if it contains the value, it will give out a value bigger than -1 and the effect will be set; other wise it will return -1 and the event stays unedited, correct?

This would also mean, I have to set up every possible event title class inbefore.
If I want to change/assign a specific symbol is a thing I dont understand.
I use the Iconify function from the module - do I have to put in a link to the desired symbol now or what is it I have to enter?
I could also imagine that I have to download the symbols and put in a directory to make the module be able to access them?

Thanks a lot

sdetweil

@_V_

If I search this field, and find ‘John’
Then
I change the event color
ev.color=

I could change to symbol the same way
ev.symbol=. Whatever symbol name

You are writing code here
The filter routine sees every every, one at a time

You can have more than one if stmt
Can use if else if else, use a switch /case logic block