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Dullahir · 03-15-2013, 07:45 AM

Update, I tried a lot of things but did not succeed. I've tried author , author, <a>author</a> and only succeeded with one document.

Fixed it. LOL. I am a dunce.

I think it may have been because I didn't include a space. this time I input Title and author and it worked quite well! (Take note for others who may wonder how to do this. xD)

New question, however: How would I use the Search and Replace features in the Metadata field? It doesn't seem to be working the same way? Or maybe it does? (I haven't used the and tags. lol. I forgot.)

Further experimentation resulted in:

It would seem that the RegEx MUST be case-sensitive according to the wizard. If you input title and the code is listed as title in the wizard's results, it won't work.

Also, may just be a fluke, but when I did title,author instead of author,title it won't work. But if I reciprocate that, it does. Really strange, but really enjoying the experimentation!! Quite fun. Now all I need is a Regex to remove page numbers.

*Goes off to donate again rofl.*

Edit with a question:

Okay, this is one thing I am stumped on. How would I provide a RegEx for the following code:

"<A name=2></a>Title 
by Author

I have successfully removed the Author, so now it just has the title, but I have no idea how to remove the title. Using "</a>Title doesn't seem accurate, Title didn't work, neither did Title .

Holy crap, I figured it out LOL.

I was unaware that when it's in this cyntax, the proper Regex for the Title would be

TITLE

Without html added. Interesting!!

03-15-2013, 07:45 AM	#2
Dullahir Zealot Posts: 145 Karma: 13316 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Deva, Romania Device: Android	Update, I tried a lot of things but did not succeed. I've tried <b>author</b> , <i>author</i>, <a><p>author</a></p> and only succeeded with one document. Fixed it. LOL. I am a dunce. I think it may have been because I didn't include a space. this time I input <i>Title </i> and <i>author </i> and it worked quite well! (Take note for others who may wonder how to do this. xD) New question, however: How would I use the Search and Replace features in the Metadata field? It doesn't seem to be working the same way? Or maybe it does? (I haven't used the <i> and </i> tags. lol. I forgot.) Further experimentation resulted in: It would seem that the RegEx MUST be case-sensitive according to the wizard. If you input <i>title</i> and the code is listed as <i>title </i> in the wizard's results, it won't work. Also, may just be a fluke, but when I did <i>title<i>,<i>author</i> instead of <i>author</i>,<i>title</i> it won't work. But if I reciprocate that, it does. Really strange, but really enjoying the experimentation!! Quite fun. Now all I need is a Regex to remove page numbers. Goes off to donate again rofl. Edit with a question: Okay, this is one thing I am stumped on. How would I provide a RegEx for the following code: "<A name=2></a>Title<br> <i>by Author</i> I have successfully removed the Author, so now it just has the title, but I have no idea how to remove the title. Using "</a>Title<br> doesn't seem accurate, <i>Title </i> didn't work, neither did <b>Title </b>. Holy crap, I figured it out LOL. I was unaware that when it's in this cyntax, the proper Regex for the Title would be TITLE Without html added. Interesting!! Last edited by Dullahir; 03-15-2013 at 09:22 AM.