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compurandom · 03-26-2018, 07:39 AM

search field: whichever field has the date now
search for: a rexgex that matches the date; in my case, the date was in the title and I matched it with .*(20\d\d).* Converting a real date column would be a lot harder, you might need to make a custom column first.
replace with: \1 brings in the stuff in () from the search; if you have multiple () then you can use \2 etc...
destination field: series; change mode as appropriate

Use the three preview lines to see if it is going to do what you want.

The hard part will be finding the numbers you want and changing the format. It isn't clear to me where they are coming from, some trickery may be needed there.

03-26-2018, 07:39 AM	#7
compurandom Guru Posts: 919 Karma: 417282 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: kobo aura h2o, kobo forma	search field: whichever field has the date now search for: a rexgex that matches the date; in my case, the date was in the title and I matched it with .(20\d\d). Converting a real date column would be a lot harder, you might need to make a custom column first. replace with: \1 brings in the stuff in () from the search; if you have multiple () then you can use \2 etc... destination field: series; change mode as appropriate Use the three preview lines to see if it is going to do what you want. The hard part will be finding the numbers you want and changing the format. It isn't clear to me where they are coming from, some trickery may be needed there.