Template Search: Exact matching

ownedbycats · 04-02-2022, 09:01 PM

My readstatus() function can return currentlyreading|toberead|read|unread|undefined.

When I use template:"program:readstatus()#@#:t:read" it captures anything with 'read' in the string, which obviously is a problem here.

Is there a way to have the template search use an exact match so I can avoid the if-value-then-yes template?

^read$ doesn't return antthing.

chaley · 04-03-2022, 10:21 AM

The compare value is any of the search operators.

In your case I think you want to use an regular expression match mode

Code:

template:"program:readstatus()#@#:t:~^read"

or an exact match mode

Code:

template:"program:readstatus()#@#:t:=read"

EDIT: As the documentation says: "The value is whatever you want. It can use the special operators described above for the various search types."

ownedbycats · 04-03-2022, 04:04 PM

That works. I see what happened; when I tried using the advanced search to do it I got this, which didn't work:

Code:

template:"program: readstatus()#@#:t:^read$"

Thank you.

chaley · 04-03-2022, 06:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

That works. I see what happened; when I tried using the advanced search to do it I got this ...

I will improve the tooltip for the "Template value" box to make it clearer that you must use the search operators for exact and regex searches.

04-02-2022, 09:01 PM	#1
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 9,817 Karma: 68360983 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Template Search: Exact matching My readstatus() function can return currentlyreading\|toberead\|read\|unread\|undefined. When I use template:"program:readstatus()#@#:t:read" it captures anything with 'read' in the string, which obviously is a problem here. Is there a way to have the template search use an exact match so I can avoid the if-value-then-yes template? ^read$ doesn't return antthing. Last edited by ownedbycats; 04-02-2022 at 09:13 PM.

04-03-2022, 10:21 AM	#2
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,143 Karma: 7908995 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	The compare value is any of the search operators. In your case I think you want to use an regular expression match mode Code: template:"program:readstatus()#@#:t:~^read" or an exact match mode Code: template:"program:readstatus()#@#:t:=read" EDIT: As the documentation says: "The value is whatever you want. It can use the special operators described above for the various search types." Last edited by chaley; 04-03-2022 at 10:41 AM.

04-03-2022, 04:04 PM	#3
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 9,817 Karma: 68360983 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	That works. I see what happened; when I tried using the advanced search to do it I got this, which didn't work: Code: template:"program: readstatus()#@#:t:^read$" Thank you.

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