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droopy · 07-09-2020, 02:36 PM

I'd like downloaded author metadata to remove the spaces and dots in the initials of author names.

For example, "C. S. Lewis" should automagically appear as "CS Lewis".

"John Q. Smith" should autoconvert to "John Q Smith"

I select a row, press Control-D, choose "Configure Download", click "Create Rules to transform author names", click "Add rule". But now I'm stuck. I'm guessing I should choose "matches regex pattern". But I don't know what to put in the next two blanks.

Can someone please tell me what I should have in these blanks?

07-09-2020, 02:36 PM	#1
droopy Guru Posts: 834 Karma: 2912460 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Kobo Forma	Want downloaded author metadata to go from, say, C. S. Lew to CS Lew I'd like downloaded author metadata to remove the spaces and dots in the initials of author names. For example, "C. S. Lewis" should automagically appear as "CS Lewis". "John Q. Smith" should autoconvert to "John Q Smith" I select a row, press Control-D, choose "Configure Download", click "Create Rules to transform author names", click "Add rule". But now I'm stuck. I'm guessing I should choose "matches regex pattern". But I don't know what to put in the next two blanks. Can someone please tell me what I should have in these blanks? Last edited by droopy; 07-09-2020 at 02:41 PM.