New help with a regex

txckie · 08-28-2011, 04:23 AM

I am using this regex at the moment:
" ^(?P<author>((?!\s-\s).)+)\s-\s(?:(?:\[\s*)?(?P<series>.+)\s(?P<series_index>[\d\.]+)(?:\s*\])?\s-\s)?(?P<title>[^(]+)(?:\(.*\))? "

I now need to add publisher to my regex. My books are in this format

Author - [Series Series Index] - Title [Publisher](epub).epub

Example:
JR Ward - [Black Dagger Brotherhood 03] - Lover Awakened [Signet] (epub).epub

Any help would be appreciated.

Starson17 · 08-29-2011, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by txckie

I am using this regex at the moment:
" ^(?P<author>((?!\s-\s).)+)\s-\s(?

?:\[\s*)?(?P<series>.+)\s(?P<series_index>[\d\.]+)(?:\s*\])?\s-\s)?(?P<title>[^(]+)(?:\(.*\))? "

I now need to add publisher to my regex. My books are in this format

Author - [Series Series Index] - Title [Publisher](epub).epub

Example:
JR Ward - [Black Dagger Brotherhood 03] - Lover Awakened [Signet] (epub).epub

Any help would be appreciated.

What are you looking for - a regex that captures the exact book filename format above, a regex that captures many variations of that format or a regex that captures many variations of book filenames based specifically on your regex above? Part of what is confusing is that you are using a lot of non-capturing parentheticals and it's not clear why. You don't usually need to use non-capturing parentheticals. Calibre wil ignore any matches not inside the labeled parentheses. You are also using many "?" specifiers for optional matching - again it's not clear why unless you post some of the variations you need to match.

You can try just dropping \s\[(?P<publisher>.*+\]\s in after your title.

txckie · 08-29-2011, 08:46 PM

I have books in several different formats. This regex seems to cover most of them. Examples:

JR Ward - [Black Dagger Brotherhood 03] - Lover Awakened (epub).epub
JR Ward - Black Dagger Brotherhood 03 - Lover Awakened.epub
JR Ward - Lover Awakened.epub

I got it from an example on this forum. It is not my own but it seems to work better than the ones I was originally using. I had to switch back and forth between them to make them work and they didn't work for all my files.

(?P<author>[^_]+) - (?P<title>.+)
(?P<author>[^_]+) - (?P<series>[^-]+) (?P<series_index>[^-]+) - (?P<title>.+)

Thanks so much for your help

08-28-2011, 04:23 AM	#1
txckie Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2011 Device: Panditigal Novel	New help with a regex I am using this regex at the moment: " ^(?P<author>((?!\s-\s).)+)\s-\s(?:(?:\[\s)?(?P<series>.+)\s(?P<series_index>[\d\.]+)(?:\s\])?\s-\s)?(?P<title>[^(]+)(?:\(.*\))? " I now need to add publisher to my regex. My books are in this format Author - [Series Series Index] - Title [Publisher](epub).epub Example: JR Ward - [Black Dagger Brotherhood 03] - Lover Awakened [Signet] (epub).epub Any help would be appreciated.

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08-29-2011, 08:46 PM	#3
txckie Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2011 Device: Panditigal Novel	I have books in several different formats. This regex seems to cover most of them. Examples: JR Ward - [Black Dagger Brotherhood 03] - Lover Awakened (epub).epub JR Ward - Black Dagger Brotherhood 03 - Lover Awakened.epub JR Ward - Lover Awakened.epub I got it from an example on this forum. It is not my own but it seems to work better than the ones I was originally using. I had to switch back and forth between them to make them work and they didn't work for all my files. (?P<author>[^_]+) - (?P<title>.+) (?P<author>[^_]+) - (?P<series>[^-]+) (?P<series_index>[^-]+) - (?P<title>.+) Thanks so much for your help

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