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jlutes · 07-29-2011, 03:37 PM

Ok - for anyone else looking at a problem like this, to pull the identifier from the front of the title and move it to identifier:

Choose search and replace under Edit Bulk Metadata
Change the search mode to Regular Expression
Search field = title
Search for = ^(\d+)(.*)
Replace with = \1
Destination field = identifiers
Identifier type = isbn

I agree S&R is quite powerful but extremely under-documented. Thanks for the help, it looks like it's working for me.

07-29-2011, 03:37 PM	#11
jlutes Connoisseur Posts: 52 Karma: 12 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	Ok - for anyone else looking at a problem like this, to pull the identifier from the front of the title and move it to identifier: Choose search and replace under Edit Bulk Metadata Change the search mode to Regular Expression Search field = title Search for = ^(\d+)(.*) Replace with = \1 Destination field = identifiers Identifier type = isbn I agree S&R is quite powerful but extremely under-documented. Thanks for the help, it looks like it's working for me.