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Originally Posted by Format C:
The problem: select all authors whose last name begins with "A".
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This was already answered, but in case it's not clear, the first character after fieldname:" tells calibre what to do.
fieldname:"~ means use regex
fieldname:"= means exact match
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The first problem I incurred into is the incredible persistence of previously used searches: the first attempt I made, I accidentally wrote it with a lowercase "a" instead of the capital one. Now, there's no way to use the same expression with the correct case. No matter how I try, Calibre will always get the previous lowercase one.
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1) You can delete old searches as described above.
2) FYI, searches are case insensitive
3) I dislike the search as you type option - it can be turned off in Preferences
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Another annoyance is that whatever I type in the search field after the colon ":" is interpreted as a command. So, when I try to type "author_sort:A" I end up with the "add files dialog". As soon as I remember my password, I'll open a bug for that...
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Odd. I don't see this.
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Getting back to regular expression, I've used the advanced search function and the search field in the library, with the same result: nothing selected.
Here are my attempts:
author_sort:A --> I got all the authors with an "A" somewhere in their names (case insensitive)
author_sort:^A --> Empty list
author_sort:=^A --> Empty list
author_sort:"^A" --> Empty list
author_sort:="^A" --> Empty list
Putting ".+" after the cited RE does not change anything.
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As above - none of those are regexes.