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Originally Posted by stumped
i am using a cribbed formula which adds series name to front of title, so on kindle or kobo the book will appear as series name - series number - title
that works but for some series,on the device the series name bit fills the whole line, obscuring the actual title ( esp on kobo where only short single lines are allowed ?
so whats the syntax please for adding a shortened version of the series name and what trim options are available - as I am not sure what will work best
i could just shrink all my series names in calibre but that is a long and tedious process, I'd prefer NOT to change those. but if i do, I could not see how to block change old series name 1 to n into new series name 1 to n without the numbering going awry
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There are two built-in functions for this, substr() and shorten(). You use substr() if you want a single slice out of the name, for example the first 10 characters. You use shorten() if you want more control, for example the first 8 characters and the last 4 characters separated by a '-'.
Examples in basic single-function mode:
- {series:substr(0,10)} Gives the first 10 characters of the series name. If the name length is less than 10 it is returned unchanged.
- {series:shorten(8,-,4)} -- gives the first 8 characters of the series name, a dash, then the last 4 characters of the name. If the length of the name is less than 13 (8 + 4 + 1) then it is returned unchanged.