Punctuation in Author name

ColMac · 10-18-2021, 10:40 AM

I hope someone can help a newbie. I have a number of authors who have punctuation in the author name eg

J.F. Smith
or
J. F. Smith

and then of course the same author with

JF Smith
or
J F Smith

Is there a simple way to search through a list of authors and convert all so there is no punctuation, and a space between each initial so all appear as

J F Smith

I tried searching the forum but did not find anything - probably searching for the wrong thing.

Thanks

un_pogaz · 10-18-2021, 11:46 AM

The plugin Find Duplicates has a tool "Find metada variation" that does exactly what you are looking for.

ColMac · 10-18-2021, 12:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by un_pogaz

The plugin Find Duplicates has a tool "Find metada variation" that does exactly what you are looking for.

Many thanks, I'll have a look now

chaley · 10-18-2021, 12:43 PM

Also see the Quality Check plugin. It has tools to find and fix the variants you describe.

ColMac · 10-18-2021, 01:46 PM

Thanks for both suggestions. Both work well.

Help is much appreciated.

McStubb · 10-19-2021, 07:53 AM

yeah, I run the quality check plugin across all my metadata

10-18-2021, 10:40 AM	#1
ColMac Connoisseur Posts: 59 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2012 Device: Kindle Fire	Punctuation in Author name I hope someone can help a newbie. I have a number of authors who have punctuation in the author name eg J.F. Smith or J. F. Smith and then of course the same author with JF Smith or J F Smith Is there a simple way to search through a list of authors and convert all so there is no punctuation, and a space between each initial so all appear as J F Smith I tried searching the forum but did not find anything - probably searching for the wrong thing. Thanks

10-18-2021, 11:46 AM	#2
un_pogaz Chalut o/ Posts: 500 Karma: 679116 Join Date: Dec 2017 Device: Kobo	The plugin Find Duplicates has a tool "Find metada variation" that does exactly what you are looking for. Last edited by un_pogaz; 10-18-2021 at 11:48 AM.

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10-18-2021, 12:43 PM	#4
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,529 Karma: 8075744 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	Also see the Quality Check plugin. It has tools to find and fix the variants you describe.

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ColMac Connoisseur Posts: 59 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2012 Device: Kindle Fire	Thanks for both suggestions. Both work well. Help is much appreciated.

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McStubb Connoisseur Posts: 52 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2014 Device: None	yeah, I run the quality check plugin across all my metadata

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