Manage authors' names

[KhorsKan]

Hi all,

First of all, i am sorry for my bad level in English.

I would like to know if there was a solution to modify the value "invert" regarding the algorithm of sorting (sort ?) by author.
Is it possible to remove the space between the first name and the second name ?
For example : Asimov, Isaac --> Asimov,Isaac

I did not find the information on the web site (I maybe missed it).

Any ideas ?

Thanks a lot.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by KhorsKan

Hi all,

First of all, i am sorry for my bad level in English.

I would like to know if there was a solution to modify the value "invert" regarding the algorithm of sorting (sort ?) by author.
Is it possible to remove the space between the first name and the second name ?
For example : Asimov, Isaac --> Asimov,Isaac

I did not find the information on the web site (I maybe missed it).

Any ideas ?

Thanks a lot.

@KhorsKan - the Quality Check has various checks and tweaks for Author names in its Check metadata options.

It may do what you want.

BR

[KhorsKan]

Thank you for the answer.

Unfortunately, i just tested this plugin (very good) but it does not offer this kind of very fine adjustment :



No option to remove space ...

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by KhorsKan

Thank you for the answer.

No option to remove space ...

It's an unusual requirement, so I'm not surprised its not in QC.

Perhaps it can be done via Bulk Metadata Edit->Search & Replace, using a regular expression - find 'comma space' and replace with 'comma'

You can save S&R definitions for later reuse.

BR

[KhorsKan]

it's perfect !
I had to do some manipulations to find the right combination but that's ok.

Effectively, the solution is indeed in "Search & Replace" with "regular expression" !

Thank you very much !!