Question about searching

Rellwood · 05-21-2020, 01:26 PM

Is it possible to search for books that have either/and tags instead of all/none?

I am tired of having to exclude huge amounts of tags to get books that have either/or/both. Is there a way around this? I've had to use a yes/no column to mark the books.

chaley · 05-21-2020, 04:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rellwood

Is it possible to search for books that have either/and tags instead of all/none?

I am tired of having to exclude huge amounts of tags to get books that have either/or/both. Is there a way around this? I've had to use a yes/no column to mark the books.

calibre supports both "and" and "or" in searching.

When using the tag browser to construct searches you can tell calibre which to use by clicking on the tools icon (bottom left of the tag browser), choosing "Search type ..." and then selecting the one you want.

When typing the search manually simply use "and" or "or" where you want. You might want to consider using parentheses if you are mixing the two so that calibre knows what you mean. Example: what does

Code:

foo or bar and mumble

mean? Is it

Code:

(foo or bar) and mumble

or

Code:

foo or (bar and mumble)

IIRC by default calibre processes "and" before "or", making the default

Code:

foo or (bar and mumble)

To be complete and again IIRC, "not" is processed before "and".

theducks · 05-21-2020, 08:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rellwood

Is it possible to search for books that have either/and tags instead of all/none?

I am tired of having to exclude huge amounts of tags to get books that have either/or/both. Is there a way around this? I've had to use a yes/no column to mark the books.

Complex searches can be done: (this is my Not Read (on device) ). Year 2000 is my Abandoned flag

Code:

Not #finished:>12/31/2000 and formats:true and not formats:other

Rellwood · 05-28-2020, 03:22 PM

Thanks for your help, it works great!

05-21-2020, 01:26 PM	#1
Rellwood Library Breeder (She/Her) Posts: 1,156 Karma: 1900479 Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Fullerton, California Device: Kobo Aura HD (1) PW3 (4) PW3 2019 new edition (1)	Question about searching Is it possible to search for books that have either/and tags instead of all/none? I am tired of having to exclude huge amounts of tags to get books that have either/or/both. Is there a way around this? I've had to use a yes/no column to mark the books.

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05-28-2020, 03:22 PM	#4
Rellwood Library Breeder (She/Her) Posts: 1,156 Karma: 1900479 Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Fullerton, California Device: Kobo Aura HD (1) PW3 (4) PW3 2019 new edition (1)	Thanks for your help, it works great!