Dataviewjs gives a listed number when a number is accessed from outside

[obsidian337]

Things I have tried

I have a file with a format like this.

---
tags:
  - books
title: Moonlight
totalpages: 534
---

In the current file,

```dataviewjs
const bookpages = dv.current().totalpages

dv.paragraph(bookpages)

This gives a number.

534

But, when I tried to access the totalpages from the other file using

```dataviewjs
const bookpages = dv.pages().where(p => p.title == 'Moonlight').totalpages

dv.paragraph(bookpages)

This gives a listed number.

• 534

What I’m trying to do

I’d like to get a number not a listed number when I access the totalpages from outside file.

[holroy]

The query you’ve been using could potentially be referring to multiple files having the title “Moonlight”, and field totalpage, so it presents the result as a list. Albeit with only one item, but still a still a list.

So I’d rather try something like:

```dataviewjs
const bookpages = dv.page('Moonlight').totalpages

dv.paragraph( bookpages )
```

[obsidian337]

It works great. Thank you.

One question.
I have tested by changing the File Name and the yaml field - title.
It looks like that dv.page(‘Moonlight’) seems to refer to the “File Name”.
Is there any method to refer to the yaml field with dv.page()?

[holroy]

It do refer to the file name. If you want it to refer to the yaml field, you’ll also need to do some other magic to avoid the list case. Like selecting only the first entry in the list, limiting to one result, or similar stuff.