Plugboard Question

[gweminence]

So I modified one of the plugboard suggestions (from the sticky) slightly, so that the title of the book goes first, followed by a delineating character, followed by series info. Here's the plugboard formula:

{title} | {series:|| }{series_index:0>2s|[|]}

Here's sample output:

A Game of Thrones | A Song of Ice and Fire [01]

This is great (Thanks to everyone involved!), except for one little thing: when sending a single book (ie, not part of a series), I get this:

Book Title |


My question is, is there a method to make that delineating character conditional upon there actually being a series in the metadata? If so, pointers would be greatly appreciated.

[jackie_w]

You need to bring the delineated char inside the {series} part so that it only appears when {series} is not empty.

If you could live with using a dash rather than a vertical bar as the delineating char this would work:

{title}{series:| - | }{series_index:0>2s|[|]}

i.e. you'd get

A Game of Thrones - A Song of Ice and Fire [01]

This is because the vertical bar has a special meaning in the template language. There may be a way to get exactly what you want but I'm not sure how.

[chaley]

Originally Posted by jackie_w

This is because the vertical bar has a special meaning in the template language. There may be a way to get exactly what you want but I'm not sure how.

You cannot get around the | issue in single-function mode (the default). You can do it in either template program mode or general program mode.

In template program mode, use:

{title}{series:'test($, ' | ','')'}{series} {series_index:0>2s|[|]}

In general program mode, use:

program: 
	strcat(	field('title'), 
			test(field('series'), ' | ', ''), 
			template('{series} {series_index:0>2s|[|]}')
	)

[gweminence]

Jackie, thanks for taking the time to help me.

Chaley, I went with your template program mode version, which, of course, worked perfectly. Thanks a ton for taking the time to write that for me.