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miquele · 09-08-2012, 06:02 PM

hello,
due to limitations in my Windows XP filesystem, I'd like to have a custom column showing the number of characters of title + author.

the best I managed was a build from other columns, the template is:
{author:strlen()}+{title:strlen()}
.
Thing is the custom column now shows s.th. like '12+15'. It's not bad for starters, but no good either - you can't sort that.

I also tried to work with add({author:strlen()}, {title:strlen()}), also to no avail [it shows 'add(12,15)'].
Any ideas how I can get a real number out of that, to make that sortable?

That would be great.
Cheers, miquele

09-08-2012, 06:02 PM	#1
miquele Connoisseur Posts: 79 Karma: 498122 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Europe Device: Bookeen Cybook Gen3, Kindle 3, Kindle PW, Kindle Voyage	custom column: count number of characters (in book path) hello, due to limitations in my Windows XP filesystem, I'd like to have a custom column showing the number of characters of title + author. the best I managed was a build from other columns, the template is: {author:strlen()}+{title:strlen()} . Thing is the custom column now shows s.th. like '12+15'. It's not bad for starters, but no good either - you can't sort that. I also tried to work with add({author:strlen()}, {title:strlen()}), also to no avail [it shows 'add(12,15)']. Any ideas how I can get a real number out of that, to make that sortable? That would be great. Cheers, miquele Last edited by miquele; 09-08-2012 at 06:08 PM.