Templates: various questions not worth their own thread

[Katja_hbg]

Originally Posted by Katja_hbg

{#author_book_count:'first_matching_cmp(1,$,'books ','book')'}

Solved: I will use the numeric value of author_book_count.
Still strange what happened but the following works well:
{#abc_numeric:'first_matching_cmp(1,$,'books','boo k')'}

[ownedbycats]

How do I use a re or list_re on a period? It's regex for a single character.

[un_pogaz]

\.

escape the dot with a slash.

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by un_pogaz

\.

escape the dot with a slash.

thanks

[ownedbycats]

program: re($tags, '\.', '\')

Produces a EXCEPTION: Formatter: Failed to scan program. Invalid input ''\\')' near the end of the program

Replacing with forward-slash works

I tried escaping it, didn't work

[Comfy.n]

Found this the other day:

This template returns 🎵
for audio-ebooks, such as: https://www.readbeyond.it/ebooks.html

python:
def evaluate(book, context):
    import zipfile, os
    try:
        epub_path = context.db.new_api.format_abspath(book.id, 'EPUB')
        if not epub_path or not os.path.exists(epub_path):
            return ''
        with zipfile.ZipFile(epub_path) as ep:
            for name in ep.namelist():
                if name.lower().endswith(('.mp3', '.m4a', '.ogg', '.flac', '.wav', '.wma', '.aac', '.opus')):
                    return '🎵'
    except Exception:
        pass
    return ''

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by Comfy.n

Found this the other day:

This template returns 🎵
for audio-ebooks, such as: https://www.readbeyond.it/ebooks.html

python:
def evaluate(book, context):
    import zipfile, os
    try:
        epub_path = context.db.new_api.format_abspath(book.id, 'EPUB')
        if not epub_path or not os.path.exists(epub_path):
            return ''
        with zipfile.ZipFile(epub_path) as ep:
            for name in ep.namelist():
                if name.lower().endswith(('.mp3', '.m4a', '.ogg', '.flac', '.wav', '.wma', '.aac', '.opus')):
                    return '🎵'
    except Exception:
        pass
    return ''

did mean to post in https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=100949 ?

[Comfy.n]

Ah yes. Not a question... Thought you'd like it.