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Old 05-14-2017, 05:54 PM   #1
bttrflii
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Metadata Plugboard Series Numbers

I've been using the Metadata Plugboard to include series information when I transfer books from my computer to my Kindle, but I have been unable to figure out how to get books with decimal places in the series information to sort properly because they lack the leading 0.

This is probably best shown by example, so...
  • Plugboard template: {series}{series_index:0>2s| |: }{title}
  • Whole-number example on my Kindle: Series-Name 03: Title
  • Another whole-number example: Series-Name 10: Title
  • Decimal-number example on my Kindle: Series-Name 2.50: Title

This means of course that 2.50 sorts *after* both the 03 and the 10 because the leading 0 is missing. Is there any way to get the 2.50 to be 02.50 without making 03 and 10 into 03.00 and 10.00? Not all series have the decimal books, and putting decimals in every series would get cluttered.

Thanks everyone. :)

Edit: Solution given by chaley in post #7.

Last edited by bttrflii; 05-16-2017 at 12:12 PM.
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