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crissman · 09-18-2014, 03:49 AM

Quick question, just a quirk of mine, but annoying just the same..

Code:

{#stripped_series:shorten(4,-,4)}{series_index:0>3s| [|] }{title}

(I also have the corresponding columns)

A series that has multiple words like A Song of Ice and Fire gets shortened down to its initials which is perfect, what is bothersome to me is when a series like "The Coincidence" gets stripped into Coincidence which again is okay, but its shortened form it becomes Coin-ence.

What would I need to change in order for it to show instead either "Coincidence" or "The Coincidence" for series that are either a single word or preceded by "The" or "A" etc. yet still retain the "initial" values for a longer series name such as A Song of Ice and Fire (ASoIaF) or Lord of the Rings (LotR)

[EDIT] Kinda figured it out, I changed the value: shorten(4,-,4) to shorten(12,-,6), but now I am wondering what is the allowable amount of characters on a title field on a Kindle PW1 and a Kobo Aura HD?

Thanks yet again in advance for any help with this.

09-18-2014, 03:49 AM	#563
crissman Connoisseur Posts: 77 Karma: 3090 Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: California Device: Kobo Aura One, Kobo Aura H20,Kindle PW1	Maximizing "shorten" field when dealing with a single word series title? Quick question, just a quirk of mine, but annoying just the same.. Code: {#stripped_series:shorten(4,-,4)}{series_index:0>3s\| [\|] }{title} (I also have the corresponding columns) A series that has multiple words like A Song of Ice and Fire gets shortened down to its initials which is perfect, what is bothersome to me is when a series like "The Coincidence" gets stripped into Coincidence which again is okay, but its shortened form it becomes Coin-ence. What would I need to change in order for it to show instead either "Coincidence" or "The Coincidence" for series that are either a single word or preceded by "The" or "A" etc. yet still retain the "initial" values for a longer series name such as A Song of Ice and Fire (ASoIaF) or Lord of the Rings (LotR) [EDIT] Kinda figured it out, I changed the value: shorten(4,-,4) to shorten(12,-,6), but now I am wondering what is the allowable amount of characters on a title field on a Kindle PW1 and a Kobo Aura HD? Thanks yet again in advance for any help with this. Last edited by crissman; 09-18-2014 at 04:26 AM. Reason: Kinda Figured it out..