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Casseres · 06-08-2012, 10:43 AM

I'm not familiar with the formating for the custom column templates, but based on Vaesse's template a few posts earlier, I have:

{series:'test($,re(re($,"(^.*?)\.+?(.*)","\1 & \1.\2"),"\.+?"," - "),field("authors"))'}{series:'test($,re(re(" - Series","(^.*?)\.+?(.*)","\1 & \1.\2"),"\.+?"," - ")," - Author")'}

Which gives me either "SeriesName - Series" or "AuthorFirstLast - Author".

What I would like is "AuthorFirstLast - Author" to appear if there are only 3 or more books by that author that are not in a series. I feel that it would be silly to have a collection for an author if that author only has one book.

If someone could point me to a better explanation rather than http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/template_lang.html - that would be great because it is a bit confusing for me.

Thanks in advance for any insight.

EDIT

I've found some other code which is a little more simple:
{series:'ifempty($, field("authors"))'}{series:'ifempty(" - Series", " - Author")'}
except the second part always gives me " - Series".

06-08-2012, 10:43 AM	#1601
Casseres Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2012 Device: Kindle Keyboard	I'm not familiar with the formating for the custom column templates, but based on Vaesse's template a few posts earlier, I have: {series:'test($,re(re($,"(^.?)\.+?(.)","\1 & \1.\2"),"\.+?"," - "),field("authors"))'}{series:'test($,re(re(" - Series","(^.?)\.+?(.)","\1 & \1.\2"),"\.+?"," - ")," - Author")'} Which gives me either "SeriesName - Series" or "AuthorFirstLast - Author". What I would like is "AuthorFirstLast - Author" to appear if there are only 3 or more books by that author that are not in a series. I feel that it would be silly to have a collection for an author if that author only has one book. If someone could point me to a better explanation rather than http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/template_lang.html - that would be great because it is a bit confusing for me. Thanks in advance for any insight. EDIT I've found some other code which is a little more simple: {series:'ifempty($, field("authors"))'}{series:'ifempty(" - Series", " - Author")'} except the second part always gives me " - Series". Last edited by Casseres; 06-08-2012 at 11:54 AM.