created: 20140512103123179
modified: 20140512103123179
tags: Filters
caption: before
title: FilterOperator: before
type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki

The ''before'' filter operator returns the tiddler from the current list that is before the tiddler named in the operand.

The following examples assume a tiddler called `MyList` with a `list` field containing:

```
one two three four five
```

|!Filter String |!Description |
|`[list[MyList]before[two]]` |Returns `one` |
|`[list[MyList]before[one]]` |Returns an empty list |
|`[list[MyList]before{!!title}]` |Returns `three` if the current tiddler is `four` |

See also [[FilterOperator: after]], [[FilterOperator: previous]] and [[FilterOperator: next]].