Scaling in user generated recipes

How do you get a number appearing in the descriptive text in a user generated recipe to scale with the other ingredients? I think I might remember something about the [ ] characters, but I don't remember the specific syntax. Maybe a little document describing some less obvious features like that might be helpful?

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michaelnatkin

Correct, we call those a shortcode. For weight, they are always in grams, like [g 100].

Here are all of them

[c 50] - temp in centigrade

[f 50] - temp in fahrenheit

[cm 100] - length in centimers, also [mm 50]

[g 100] - weight in grams

[fetchIngredient activa-gs] - inserts a nice card showing a preview of an ingredient

[fetchActivity banana-bread] - inserts a nice card showing a preview of a recipe

Matt_67991

Awesome! Thanks a bunch!

Matt_67991

I tried making a recipe

http://www.chefsteps.com/activities/beet-risotto

The gram shortcode works well, but the length shortcode gives weird results when you click on it to convert it (NaN), and I typed "We also like our [fetchActivity walnut-pesto] or a [fetchActivity cured-lemon-peel] as a garnish." but the cards didn't show up.

Matt_67991

I think the shortcode is still missing from the soaked beans in the baked beans recipe.