Regex or other method to find split quotations ""

CyanBC · 04-03-2013, 02:23 AM

I have some epubs that have improper spaces between quotations marks.

example:

"He told me that she walked across the burnings sands
to find her people"

Is there some ... I don't know 'way' to find these simple grammatical errors and correct them `en-mass? By getting rid of the unnecessary paragraph between the quotation?

Toxaris · 04-03-2013, 02:32 AM

Try:

([a-z])\s+

\1 (note the space behind the 1.

This does not take into account if a line ends with a comma or something like that. Adjust as needed.

theducks · 04-03-2013, 02:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CyanBC

I have some epubs that have improper spaces between quotations marks.

example:

"He told me that she walked across the burnings sands
to find her people"

Is there some ... I don't know 'way' to find these simple grammatical errors and correct them `en-mass? By getting rid of the unnecessary paragraph between the quotation?

Us the sample saved search: 'Join Paragraphs' which includes commas, but not - or ...

CyanBC · 04-03-2013, 02:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

Us the sample saved search: 'Join Paragraphs' which includes commas, but not - or ...

OMGTHANKYOUThatssoawesomeIthinkIcriedalittle.

Tex2002ans · 04-03-2013, 03:01 AM

I would run the Regexes I mentioned in this topic for cleaning up some broken Calibre paragraphs:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...89#post2446589

As to the unclosed quote, this regex works with "smart quotes" with no closing quote (forget which user I grabbed this one from, thank you so much this one is very helpful):

Search:

Code:

(“[^”\r\n]*)</p>\s+<p>

Replace (notice the space after "\1 ")

Code:

\1

If you wanted to dumb this down for dumb quotes (I did not test this, it should work, but it might be VERY ugly):

Search:

Code:

("[^"\r\n]*)</p>\s+<p>

Make sure to use all of these ONE BY ONE, and never do a "Replace All".

If you want these to work for calibre code, change the Red "" into ""

Steadyhands · 04-03-2013, 04:13 AM

Another another from some thread here I use, again on a case by case basis, never replace all. But, it does fail on some lines if there 3 lines of text to join or a tag like in the second section. I fix these manually first.
Find

Code:

(“[^”]*?)</p>\s+<p.+>([^“]*?”)

Replace

Code:

\1 \2

Another I use for split speech is
"bla bla bla,"
said Tom

Code:

,”</p>\s+<p.+">
or sometimes ([\,,\?,…,!])”</p>\s+<p.+">

Replace (space after " )

Code:

,”

CyanBC · 05-13-2013, 04:01 PM

I've tried all the regex patterns given so far. I've also tried fiddling with them a bit to see if there was small error for my application.

I've come to a new book which has an annoying issue. It creates a new paragraph between long quoted text, at times. Like this:

Code:

Jacob began to speak, "So we ran toward the still moving silhouette of the scarecrow. But we didn't find anything there.

When we came back the next day there was nothing."

I've been trying to build a regex code that looks for these errors by highlighting any quote that has stuff after it but no end quote.
Code wise it looks like this:

Code:

<p class="calibre2">At this point, James found himself shaking, "So we ran toward the still moving silhouette of the scarecrow. But we didn't find anything there.</p>

    <p class="calibre2">When we came back the next day there was nothing." And so on</p>

All my attempts generally fail to find anything. Or begin to highlighting the coding sections "calibre2"

mzmm · 05-13-2013, 06:20 PM

are you sure they're not calibre's smart quotes? it would be easier if they were because then you wouldn't have the conflict with the classes/ids.

you could try this, but it may just end up causing more problems than it's worth. maybe saves you a bit of time?

Code:

find:
(?s)(<p[^>]*>)([^"]+".+)</p>\s+?<p[^>]*>([^"]+")

repl:
\1\2 <----- trailing white space

CyanBC · 05-13-2013, 09:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mzmm

are you sure they're not calibre's smart quotes? it would be easier if they were because then you wouldn't have the conflict with the classes/ids.

you could try this, but it may just end up causing more problems than it's worth. maybe saves you a bit of time?

Code:

find:
(?s)(<p[^>]*>)([^"]+".+)</p>\s+?<p[^>]*>([^"]+")

repl:
\1\2 <----- trailing white space

Awesome thanks
From the original code you provided I was getting entire sections highlighted, but if I take out the . it works in a passive aggressive way. Good enough for me to find the sections and hand change them.

Code:

(?s)(<p[^>]*>)([^"]+"+)</p>\s+?<p[^>]*>([^"]+")

This highlights the second sentence of an unfinished paragraph but not the first. I'm not sure how to fix it so it gets the whole sections but it does find the errors so that I can fix them. Thank you so much!

mzmm · 05-14-2013, 02:52 PM

great, glad it's working for you

04-03-2013, 02:23 AM	#1
CyanBC Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2013 Device: Kindle Touch	Regex or other method to find split quotations "" I have some epubs that have improper spaces between quotations marks. example: <p class="calibre1">"He told me that she walked across the burnings sands</p> <p class="calibre1">to find her people"</p> Is there some ... I don't know 'way' to find these simple grammatical errors and correct them `en-mass? By getting rid of the unnecessary paragraph between the quotation?

04-03-2013, 02:32 AM	#2
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 4,520 Karma: 121692313 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	Try: ([a-z])</p>\s+<p class="calibre1"> \1 (note the space behind the 1. This does not take into account if a line ends with a comma or something like that. Adjust as needed.

04-03-2013, 03:01 AM	#5
Tex2002ans Wizard Posts: 2,297 Karma: 12126329 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kobo Forma, Nook	I would run the Regexes I mentioned in this topic for cleaning up some broken Calibre paragraphs: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...89#post2446589 As to the unclosed quote, this regex works with "smart quotes" with no closing quote (forget which user I grabbed this one from, thank you so much this one is very helpful): Search: Code: (“[^”\r\n])</p>\s+<p> Replace (notice the space after "\1 ") Code: \1 If you wanted to dumb this down for dumb quotes (I did not test this, it should work, but it might be VERY ugly): Search: Code: ("[^"\r\n])</p>\s+<p> Make sure to use all of these ONE BY ONE, and never do a "Replace All". If you want these to work for calibre code, change the Red "<p>" into "<p class="calibre[0-9]+">"

04-03-2013, 04:13 AM	#6
Steadyhands Connoisseur Posts: 57 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Samsung Tablet	Another another from some thread here I use, again on a case by case basis, never replace all. But, it does fail on some lines if there 3 lines of text to join or a tag like <i> in the second section. I fix these manually first. Find Code: (“[^”]?)</p>\s+<p.+>([^“]?”) Replace Code: \1 \2 Another I use for split speech is "bla bla bla," said Tom Code: ,”</p>\s+<p.+"> or sometimes ([\,,\?,…,!])”</p>\s+<p.+"> Replace (space after " ) Code: ,”

05-13-2013, 04:01 PM	#7
CyanBC Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2013 Device: Kindle Touch	I've tried all the regex patterns given so far. I've also tried fiddling with them a bit to see if there was small error for my application. I've come to a new book which has an annoying issue. It creates a new paragraph between long quoted text, at times. Like this: Code: Jacob began to speak, "So we ran toward the still moving silhouette of the scarecrow. But we didn't find anything there. When we came back the next day there was nothing." I've been trying to build a regex code that looks for these errors by highlighting any quote that has stuff after it but no end quote. Code wise it looks like this: Code: <p class="calibre2">At this point, James found himself shaking, "So we ran toward the still moving silhouette of the scarecrow. But we didn't find anything there.</p> <p class="calibre2">When we came back the next day there was nothing." And so on</p> All my attempts generally fail to find anything. Or begin to highlighting the coding sections "calibre2"

05-13-2013, 06:20 PM	#8
mzmm Groupie Posts: 171 Karma: 86271 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: iPad, Kindle Touch, Sony PRS-T1	are you sure they're not calibre's smart quotes? it would be easier if they were because then you wouldn't have the conflict with the classes/ids. you could try this, but it may just end up causing more problems than it's worth. maybe saves you a bit of time? Code: find: (?s)(<p[^>]>)([^"]+".+)</p>\s+?<p[^>]>([^"]+") repl: \1\2 <----- trailing white space

05-14-2013, 02:52 PM	#10
mzmm Groupie Posts: 171 Karma: 86271 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: iPad, Kindle Touch, Sony PRS-T1	great, glad it's working for you

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