Is library filtering the "#" character properly?

Lew Worthington

I wanted to filter my library by "mytag:#ReadLater". I have distilled all of my custom tags so that only "#ReadLater" uses the "#" character. However, when I typed "mytag:#Read", I had a number of books show up in my library that did not include "#"; things like "Greek Reading Exercises" showed up. (By extension, typing "mytag:#" doesn't filter anything out at all.)

Is this expected behavior?

Dave Hooton

https://community.logos.com/discussion/244387/is-library-filtering-the-character-properly

I don't experience that behaviour.
Try {MyTag "#Read"} as it returns only the exact expression.

DMB

OK, I've had issues similar to Lew over the years, so I was hoping to get some 'learnin'. However, using #test and test, as a test (with and without the '#' sign):

• Clicking on the tag column in the library, sorts #test correctly (separate from test). Good.
• Typing #test as a filter ignores the # sign; pulls both tests
• mytag:#test and mytag:"#test" are synonymous (ignore the # sign and pull both tests)
• {mytag "#test"} doesn't pull anything (Dave's example; maybe I'm misunderstanding)

So, it seems to me, I'm still confused!

Lew Worthington

Thanks for the responses, you two!

I still wonder if it's a bug. I normally use quotation marks when I want an exact match, but it was always my understanding that a character string with no spaces did not require them; it was that confusion that led to the question. I'll confess, though, that the {MyTag "#Read"} syntax is new to me. I may have known it at one point, but I've successfully and effectively forgotten it.

Also, as DMB suggests (at least this is my inference), I would've expected the column to sort by the same rules as the filter.

Willem J. de Wit

You can make things easier by using a digit instead of a # in your tags: e.g., 0read .
If you just type 0r (without mytag: in front of it), you will already be filtering your library for this tag.

Andrew Batishko

Yes, this is expected behavior.

The column sort operates on the exact value, which is also what the {MyTag "#Read"} syntax (and the facet from the sidebar) operates on.

The myTag:"#Read" (and #Read) syntax operates on indexed data, which generally ignores punctuation characters like #.

Lew Worthington

Thanks for the explanation, @Andrew Batishko.

@Willem J. de Wit, I think the #ReadLater tag is a standard tag that happens automatically if you "Add to read later".

And thanks everyone for the discussion.

Dave Hooton

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1349539#Comment_1349539

{mytag "#test"} has to be {MyTag "#test"} as both the field name and the value have to be exact.

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1349617#Comment_1349617

Wow! I always do a conversion in my app for my stupid user (me).

And thank you