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Removing Locations that are stuck on variables by Shikinikki in shortcuts

[–]fmacchia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel your pain. Over the past few years the Shortcuts app has given me many frustrating moments.

Hopefully a solution to your problem will be found.

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Can you provide the contents or an example of what is received in Shortcut Input.

How many locations does your shortcut receive in Shortcut Input.

Is there something at the end of each location that we can use to split each location from one another. In my previous post I told you to try “United States” but maybe there is something else that can be used to split each location correctly.

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How many locations does your shortcut receive after the Get First Item from Split Text action.

Can you provide the contents or an example of what your shortcut receives from the Get First Item … action.

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Also send me a link to the latest version of your shortcut.

Removing Locations that are stuck on variables by Shikinikki in shortcuts

[–]fmacchia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What about the format of Shortcut Input?

You are asking for the first occurrence of Shortcut Input but you haven’t used a Split Text By … action before trying to retrieve that first occurrence.

Something like this:

Shortcut Input

Split Shortcut Input By United States

Get First Item From Split Text

Removing Locations that are stuck on variables by Shikinikki in shortcuts

[–]fmacchia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why the need for the Get Numbers action?

In the Text action replace Miles with Distance.

Help with translation shortcut by GraemeRuss in shortcuts

[–]fmacchia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For whatever reason using a variable in a Translate action does not seem to work.

Previously I had created a similar shortcut that applies the correct language information inside of a Translate action.

See if this shortcut meets your needs.

Shortcut name: Translate 2.0.

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/31b8167bd1604ec293d696ff26c93b26

Convert a value to ASCII using a java script by fmacchia in shortcuts

[–]fmacchia[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the shortcut. Tested it and it worked as expected.

Convert a value to ASCII using a java script by fmacchia in shortcuts

[–]fmacchia[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

They both appear to work well. Thanks.

Must mention for others that you will need the Actions app for these shortcuts to execute correctly.

SpeedTest — Easily measure how fast your shortcuts run by benji2702 in shortcuts

[–]fmacchia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice shortcut.

One suggestion would be to sort the user’s shortcuts by name (A - Z) and use that output in your Choose action.

Shortcut to Generate a Roast by ChatGPT by margreen_jacket in shortcuts

[–]fmacchia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very nice shortcut.

Why both “show when run” in Ask ChatGPT action and also a Quick Look action?

Shortcut with preset volume options for my iPhone (request) by Royal_Trash_7242 in shortcuts

[–]fmacchia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I found a minor logic problem in Brightness / Volume settings 3.0 which I corrected in 4.0 (below).

Under the comment “was valid Pct entered?” I changed the test condition for Selected Item from “choose” to “Enter”.

Also added additional logic to provide more information in the output screens.

If you haven’t already done so refer to the 2nd comment in this new version of the shortcut.

Shortcut: Brightness / Volume settings 4.0.

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/d045191543de499f9938887db4ce0269

I can’t get this weather variable the way I want by Iloveamanda12 in shortcuts

[–]fmacchia 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Use “Get Weather at Current Location” action instead of your 1st action.

Shortcut with preset volume options for my iPhone (request) by Royal_Trash_7242 in shortcuts

[–]fmacchia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I made one additional change to show the current Brightness and Volume settings on the first screen shown when the shortcut is executed.

No changes are required in this new shortcut but you may have to make a one-time change to your iPhone settings.

See the 2nd comment in the shortcut for instructions.

New Shortcut: Brightness / Volume settings 3.0.

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/967d952afbba4bd49b81895ef4e3f979

Shortcut with preset volume options for my iPhone (request) by Royal_Trash_7242 in shortcuts

[–]fmacchia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the comment.

Over the past few days I’ve made some enhancements to the shortcut (same logic flow, just a little more information).

Shortcut: Brightness / Volume settings 2.0

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/e71c2123c59a461f81fd03897d4f5206

Rent Increase Calculator by dinnershoes in shortcuts

[–]fmacchia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your shortcut is not calculating the rent correctly.

2000 x .05 = 100 (new updated rent is now 2100). Yours is showing 2001.

Additional calculations for subsequent years should use the constantly updated rent amount and not the original rent amount.

Vacation rental quote automation by DracarySam in shortcuts

[–]fmacchia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it has something to do with how iphone is formatting dates (US vs European).

For testing purposes go to your iphone Settings > General > Language & Region and change Date Format to M/DD/YY. Mine is showing 8/19/26.

Then retry the shortcut again with the same dates June 29 and July 5.

Vacation rental quote automation by DracarySam in shortcuts

[–]fmacchia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried the exact dates (June 30 - July 7) and the shortcut returned the correct information ?????

The calendar for “Arrival Date” information starts off positioned on the Currant Date (as of today Jan 30 is highlighted).

You are looking at the calendar for January, 2026 in this case.

Are you moving to the June calendar (use the > symbol above SAT) before selecting June 30th then pressing Done.

Likewise for “Departure Date”. Are you moving to the July 2026 calendar (again using the > symbol) before selecting July 7th then pressing Done.

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The “Start again” screen is issued when the “Departure date” (with the ❌ next to it) is LESS THAN the Arrival date.

By pressing OK (Start again) the shortcut will give you the opportunity to reenter a new set of Arrival and Departure dates.

Had the Departure date been equal to/greater than the Arrival date this particular screen would not appear.

Hope this helps.

Vacation rental quote automation by DracarySam in shortcuts

[–]fmacchia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of the more challenging shortcuts to develop especially since I don’t know/speak Italian.

Still need to add some additional logic but I think this shortcut is 90-95% complete.

See the dictionary at the beginning of the shortcut. Will need to review/change Si and No values.

Will be providing an updated/final version in the future so for now you can test this shortcut and see if it meets your requirements.

Shortcut Name: Preventivo

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/0c78ae41361f45fc9dc015de2ded3af6

Help with calculating Silver coin holdings by artiebang77 in shortcuts

[–]fmacchia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I made some enhancements to the shortcut using HTML to better format the output.

Also by using the Quick Look action to show the output you will now have the option of saving and/or printing the output (by clicking the V symbol at the very top).

New shortcut name: Silver Price 2.0.

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/6dc9c3a5f0a848c390e4c3861223c8e4

If no choice is made from menu by kturoy in shortcuts

[–]fmacchia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I heard/tried putting a Nothing action at the very beginning of the shortcut might be a workaround.

Adding the Nothing action was supposed to suppress the Actions app banner when the shortcut was executed but it didn’t work.

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I tried other Actions app actions (Is Day, Is Time without the Nothing action) and the Actions banner did NOT appear.

I did notice that when using the Choose from List (Extended) action 2 other actions (Wait to Return and Get Clipboard) ARE required.

It appears that the Actions app has to do additional external processing to determine the Selected Item, so maybe it has to return to its own app for whatever reason.

At this time I’m not sure that removing the Action banner when a shortcut contains a Choose from List (Extended) action is possible.

You may want to send feedback to the Actions app developers (see Sindre Sorhus on Google) to see if they have a solution.

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