Template Language Question

jvorzimmer · 11-19-2021, 12:18 PM

I have a quick question for the forum about calibre template language.

When saving my epubs to disk to match Calibre Companion's template I have:
{authors:sublist(0,1,&)}/{title:re([—®™],_)} - {authors:re(\.\,,)}

But I noticed that if an author's name ends in a period e.g., "Jr." CC ignores the period, not even replacing with an underscore, in creating a subdirectory based on the author's name.

My question is how can I use both a sublist and re when creating my subdirectory in the above template?

Thanks in advance for your expertise.

capink · 11-20-2021, 11:25 AM

Code:

 {:'re(sublist($authors, 0,1,'&'), '\.', '_')'}/{title:re([—®™],_)} - {authors:re(\.\,,)}

jvorzimmer · 11-20-2021, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by capink

Code:

 {:'re(sublist($authors, 0,1,'&'), '\.', '_')'}/{title:re([—®™],_)} - {authors:re(\.\,,)}

I get: EXCEPTION: Formatter: missing closing parenthesis near authors

But I don't see any missing parenthesis.

Jeff

jvorzimmer · 11-20-2021, 12:54 PM

I got it. It should be:

{authors:'re(sublist($, 0, 1, '&'), '\.$', '')'}/{title:re([—®™],_)} - {authors:re(\.$,)}

Thanks! Much appreciated.

chaley · 11-20-2021, 01:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jvorzimmer

I get: EXCEPTION: Formatter: missing closing parenthesis near authors

But I don't see any missing parenthesis.

Jeff

Works fine for me.

What version of calibre are you running? If it is before version 5 then you need

Code:

{authors:'re(sublist($,0,1,'&'), '\.', '_')'}/{title:re([—®™],_)} - {authors:re(\.\,,)}

jvorzimmer · 11-20-2021, 01:26 PM

Sorry, I should have mentioned that I'm 4.23.

11-19-2021, 12:18 PM	#1
jvorzimmer Guru Posts: 54 Karma: 186734 Join Date: Jun 2013 Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+	Template Language Question I have a quick question for the forum about calibre template language. When saving my epubs to disk to match Calibre Companion's template I have: {authors:sublist(0,1,&)}/{title:re([—®™],_)} - {authors:re(\.\,,)} But I noticed that if an author's name ends in a period e.g., "Jr." CC ignores the period, not even replacing with an underscore, in creating a subdirectory based on the author's name. My question is how can I use both a sublist and re when creating my subdirectory in the above template? Thanks in advance for your expertise.

11-20-2021, 11:25 AM	#2
capink Wizard Posts: 1,185 Karma: 1988646 Join Date: Aug 2015 Device: Kindle	Code: {:'re(sublist($authors, 0,1,'&'), '\.', '_')'}/{title:re([—®™],_)} - {authors:re(\.\,,)}

11-20-2021, 12:54 PM	#4
jvorzimmer Guru Posts: 54 Karma: 186734 Join Date: Jun 2013 Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+	I got it. It should be: {authors:'re(sublist($, 0, 1, '&'), '\.$', '')'}/{title:re([—®™],_)} - {authors:re(\.$,)} Thanks! Much appreciated. Last edited by jvorzimmer; 11-20-2021 at 01:27 PM. Reason: correction

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