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crissman · 09-24-2014, 10:12 PM

How can I isolate all the Authors in the authors column that are Fn Ln so that I can then select them and use the Quality Check Plugin

I like them to be in the format Ln, Fn and can do this easily with Quality Check.

looking for a simpler quicker way other then going through all the authors in the Tag Browser and selecting them and adding them to a virtual library manually then running the quality check plugin > fix >swap author Fn Ln <->Ln,Fn

I found a search regex code on the forums

Code:

author:,

to do this but for Ln, Fn not the reverse searching for FN LN with no comma?

After reading https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=125428 I found the search option for no commas in a author field and I notice that after running it, it finds and "Marks" the books. Is there a way to isolate the marked books, or a method to create a virtual library for these?

Nevermind, figured it out, after running the search in Quality Check, I then used the create virtual library, and the search expression was already there "marked:authors_no_commas"

Such a wonderful plugin Quality Check is.

09-24-2014, 10:12 PM	#1
crissman Connoisseur Posts: 77 Karma: 3090 Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: California Device: Kobo Aura One, Kobo Aura H20,Kindle PW1	How can I search specifically for authors FN LN in the Author Column How can I isolate all the Authors in the authors column that are Fn Ln so that I can then select them and use the Quality Check Plugin I like them to be in the format Ln, Fn and can do this easily with Quality Check. looking for a simpler quicker way other then going through all the authors in the Tag Browser and selecting them and adding them to a virtual library manually then running the quality check plugin > fix >swap author Fn Ln <->Ln,Fn I found a search regex code on the forums Code: author:, to do this but for Ln, Fn not the reverse searching for FN LN with no comma? After reading https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=125428 I found the search option for no commas in a author field and I notice that after running it, it finds and "Marks" the books. Is there a way to isolate the marked books, or a method to create a virtual library for these? Nevermind, figured it out, after running the search in Quality Check, I then used the create virtual library, and the search expression was already there "marked:authors_no_commas" Such a wonderful plugin Quality Check is. Last edited by crissman; 09-25-2014 at 12:19 AM. Reason: Found a Search option in Quality Check - Solved!