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M. Northstar · 03-28-2012, 05:28 PM

I joined the forums to ask about exactly this same problem, except that I'm using the Find&replace feature of the metadata editor... and if it doesn't find my group in a filename it returns the entire name instead of an empty string; i.e. my regex of

Code:

.*? \((.+?)-(\d+)\)

Applied to

The Yellow Admiral
Master and Commander (aubrey-1)
Heart of the West

returns:

The Yellow Admiral
aubrey [1]
Heart of the West

as the series.

Obviously this is sub-optimal, as in completely useless, so I'd be very grateful for some help.

03-28-2012, 05:28 PM	#2
M. Northstar Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sweden Device: Smart Phone	I joined the forums to ask about exactly this same problem, except that I'm using the Find&replace feature of the metadata editor... and if it doesn't find my group in a filename it returns the entire name instead of an empty string; i.e. my regex of Code: .*? \((.+?)-(\d+)\) Applied to The Yellow Admiral Master and Commander (aubrey-1) Heart of the West returns: The Yellow Admiral aubrey [1] Heart of the West as the series. Obviously this is sub-optimal, as in completely useless, so I'd be very grateful for some help.