Searching for Titles/Authors in all caps?

[dhume01]

I've tried searching the forum and the internet as well to help me figure out what should be a simple command, but I'm not sure how to perform it:

I'd like to be able to search for a field that has all upper case letters (some books that I've imported have either the title or author in all caps). When I try various [A-Z] requests I seem to get an undifferentiated large number or results that mostly consist of mixed case entries. Does anyone know how to search for all caps fields properly? Thanks!

[theducks]

Originally Posted by dhume01

I've tried searching the forum and the internet as well to help me figure out what should be a simple command, but I'm not sure how to perform it:

I'd like to be able to search for a field that has all upper case letters (some books that I've imported have either the title or author in all caps). When I try various [A-Z] requests I seem to get an undifferentiated large number or results that mostly consist of mixed case entries. Does anyone know how to search for all caps fields properly? Thanks!

Install the Quality Check Plugin.
It has a (Metadata) Title case check (among dozens of other great checks)

[dhume01]

Originally Posted by theducks

Install the Quality Check Plugin.
It has a (Metadata) Title case check (among dozens of other great checks)

Thanks for the suggestion! I looked into the plugin, but the only option it gives is to get a list of undifferentiated books that have unusual capitalization (all upper, lower case, "the" is not capitalized...). I was hoping to have 4 different searches that could break down 4 different types of lists:

• Titles in Upper case
• Titles in lower case
• Authors in Upper case
• Authors in lower case

I am still taking suggestions on how to get these!

[theducks]

Originally Posted by dhume01

Thanks for the suggestion! I looked into the plugin, but the only option it gives is to get a list of undifferentiated books that have unusual capitalization (all upper, lower case, "the" is not capitalized...). I was hoping to have 4 different searches that could break down 4 different types of lists:

• Titles in Upper case
• Titles in lower case
• Authors in Upper case
• Authors in lower case

I am still taking suggestions on how to get these!

What is your intent once found?

[PeterT]

Originally Posted by dhume01

Thanks for the suggestion! I looked into the plugin, but the only option it gives is to get a list of undifferentiated books that have unusual capitalization (all upper, lower case, "the" is not capitalized...). I was hoping to have 4 different searches that could break down 4 different types of lists:

• Titles in Upper case
• Titles in lower case
• Authors in Upper case
• Authors in lower case

I am still taking suggestions on how to get these!

Have you thought of posting in the thread for that plugin, suggesting those as more options to scan for?

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by dhume01

I was hoping to have 4 different searches that could break down 4 different types of lists:

• Titles in Upper case
• Titles in lower case
• Authors in Upper case
• Authors in lower case

What is your goal or put another way what are you trying to accomplish?

[dhume01]

Originally Posted by dwanthny

[/LIST]What is your goal or put another way what are you trying to accomplish?

I have books that fall into those four categories, and I want to change them when appropriate into title case. If I was able to break each down into a separate search, it would be easier for quality control and also making sure I don't change things like McShane to Mcshane. Having a separate search would make it clearer that I had updated the cases of a particular group of books correctly.