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eschwartz · 12-06-2015, 07:34 PM

You can't really compare two fields.

What you can do, maybe, is the following:

Search field: {template}
Template:

Code:

program: re(field('series'), field('authors'), '')

Search for:

Code:

(.*)

Replace With:

Code:

\1

Destination field: series

...

This should use as the source, a template which regexes out the content of the "authors" field from the series field, and then replace the series field with the contents of that source template.

12-06-2015, 07:34 PM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	You can't really compare two fields. What you can do, maybe, is the following: Search field: {template} Template: Code: program: re(field('series'), field('authors'), '') Search for: Code: (.*) Replace With: Code: \1 Destination field: series ... This should use as the source, a template which regexes out the content of the "authors" field from the series field, and then replace the series field with the contents of that source template.