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sheygetz · 02-25-2014, 10:35 AM

OK, it seems

Code:

Source template:{tags}
Destination field:authors

does the trick.

How can I truncate the author_sort here

Code:

Source template:{author_sort}: {title}
Destination field:title

to the first author's surname, please?

I found this somewhere

Code:

{author_sort:re(([^\,]+)(\,|$)(.*),\1)}

would it do the trick, and do I really need all of these brackets. I can't find explanations for them in the online help.

02-25-2014, 10:35 AM	#480
sheygetz Connoisseur Posts: 89 Karma: 14894 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Germany Device: KPW G2 , 10" tablet	OK, it seems Code: Source template:{tags} Destination field:authors does the trick. How can I truncate the author_sort here Code: Source template:{author_sort}: {title} Destination field:title to the first author's surname, please? I found this somewhere Code: {author_sort:re(([^\,]+)(\,\|$)(.*),\1)} would it do the trick, and do I really need all of these brackets. I can't find explanations for them in the online help.