Thread: Want downloaded author metadata to go from, say, C. S. Lew to CS Lew
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Old 07-10-2020, 02:07 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by droopy View Post
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?
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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal View Post
Preferences->Metadata download->Create rules to transform author names
Hi Kovid. I'm aware of that. I just don't know how to do regex.
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