renaming rules requiring symbols (Q Mac)

Question

How do I set up a renaming rule for "7-Eleven" or "Amazon.com"? Is there a special way to format these?

t.linn · Answer

Thanks, Jon & Chris. The problem I'm having is that a renaming rule with "Amazon" and "com" doesn't seem to recognize Amazon.com, at least not consistently. I can't create a renaming rule including "Arby's" and if I make one with "Arby", it doesn't recognize "Arby's" in the Payee field. But renaming rules containing "7" and "Eleven" does identify and modify "7-Eleven" so I don't know what is going on. That's not the only weirdness I'm seeing. If I have a payee: "[random number] Albertons [random number]" (with the spaces on either side of "Albertsons") and my renaming rule is that if a payee contains "Albertsons", it won't see or change the payee in the example. I cannot figure out what is going on because of the inconsistency.

Jon · Answer

The dash does the same thing as the period, as do almost all other symbols. "&" seems to be the only one that you can actually use in a renaming rule.

Chris_QPW · Answer

I believe the problem is that the renaming rules use "word matching".  As in the separate things out by "words".  Certain punctuation like commas, spaces, and periods "ends the word".