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In a Rules component I have a list of integer (as variable data type). I have to calculate the sum of items and to expose the result. Any suggestions?

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  • I've been a big user of rules, so I could be wrong, but I don't think there are a whole lot of arithmetic support in general in rules. I believe you'd need to write your own rule for this. (Which could btw be an excellent addition to contrib)
    – Letharion
    Sep 22, 2013 at 11:13
  • Hey @Letharion , if you are ever around on drupal.SE again, I'd be interested in your feedback/review of my answer to this question, which is about a field in a field collection (= variation of the list of integers in this question). Nov 22, 2016 at 15:04
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    @Pierre.Vriens I'm honored you'd seek out my opinion specifically. :) Sadly I work very little with Drupal these days, and I fear I can't add much to your answer. It looks rather well written as it is. :)
    – Letharion
    Nov 22, 2016 at 20:50
  • @Letharion : merci for your feedback ... anyway! Nov 23, 2016 at 12:25

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I found the solution.

  1. Add a variable (integer) "total", for example.
  2. Loop the list of integers:

    • Calculate a value, input 1: [total], input 2: [line-item], return: "result".
    • Set a data value, data: [total], value: [result].
  3. Outside of the loop, the [total] value is still available.
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this is my suggestion, create the following function in your template file:

function <theme>_preprocess_node(&$variables) 
{

}

and by kpr() function from devel module try to catch where these outputs are positioned in the page array. now you can take them by a foreach loop and cast them to integer.

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    I don't believe that helps the OP, as the sum should be useful in a rule, not just for display.
    – Letharion
    Sep 22, 2013 at 11:11

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